Midterm Flashcards
Why do teams change conferences? (3)
- Competition
- Money
- To get a better fit in other criteria
Why do college conferences exist? (8)
- To monitor itself and alleviate pressure
- Money aspect of D1 schools, shared wealth
- Like institutions are grouped together
- Grouped by geographic region (cuts down on travel)
- League history and traditions (rivalry)
- To establish a hierarchy/levels
- Greater # of conferences produces greater # of champions
- Scheduling purposes
What is a code of conduct?
Dictates what is reasonably expected of someone in a particular profession
What are the 4 functions of management?
- Planning
- Organizing
- Implementing
- Organizing
What is a contract?
- Agreements that create legal obligation to fulfill promises made in accordance with this agreement
- between 2 or more parties
- valid legal document
What 5 criteria makes a contract valid?
- Offer- who, subject matter, time
- Acceptance
- Consideration- exchange of goods
- Legality- any component dealing with illegal activity voids contract
- Capacity- parties must understand contract and make an educated decision
Who cannot enter a valid contract? (3)
- Under the influence
- Under age of 18
- Mentally handicap
What are 5 types of contracts?
- Vending
- Scholarships
- Employment
- Waivers
- Sponsorships
What are collective bargaining agreements (CBAs)?
Employee contracts between employer and employees
Why do sports utilize CBAs? (4)
- Rules are same for everyone
- Ensure sports are somewhat level
- Checks and balances; everything must be negotiated between the two parties
- Saves time; same contract for everyone
What is Title IX?
Established in 1972 to prohibit gender discrimination in educational institutions
What is the importance of Title IX?
- large impact on athletics at high school and college levels
- increased # of jobs in sports today
What is Title IX’s 3-prong test?
To be compliant, institution must meet at least one of the following requirements:
- Demonstrates % of female athletes is nearly the same as % of female undergrads
- Demonstrate athletic opportunity for women is steadily increasing
- Prove that the institution is meeting the athletic interests and abilities of its female athletes (MU meets this criteria)
What is management by objectives (MBO)?
- Popular planning/decision-making aid managers use to convert organizational objectives into group and individual objectives
- managers must manage individuals, not groups, and should learn to know their employees so well that they can align each employee’s goals and objectives with those of the department and the organization as a whole
Why is MBO ideal for application in sport management?
- the relatively small numbers of employees usually involved in most organizations
- qualitative and quantitative criteria used as a measure of performance
What are the 4 purposes of planning?
- Formalize objectives
- Develop time standards and efficiency
- Minimize problems
- Effective end results
What are the 3 levels of management?
- Entry-level: most managers
- Middle: deal with larger scopes
- Top: VP and above
What are the 5 different types of plans?
- Strategic: broad; often called a master plan (long term)
- Single use operational: only occurs one time (ex: building a baseball field)
- Standing operational: change way of doing a specific task (ex: maintenance)
- Functional: classified by a special function (ex: marketing, finance)
- Contingency: back-up/what-if plans
What is the importance of equal protection laws?
Requires no person be singled out from similarity situated people, or have different benefits bestowed or burdens imposed, unless a constitutionally permissible reason exists for doing so
What is the importance of labor laws?
Dictates the rules and regulations that govern the relationship between labor and management, defining the rights, privileges, duties, and responsibilities of each
What significance do labor laws play in professional sports?
CBAs
What significance do labor laws play in amateur sports?
No unionized amateur athletes, but some personnel working in an amateur organization may belong to a union
What are 4 ethical issues in sport?
- Recruiting tactics
- Drug use (PEDs)
- Deviant behavior
- Safety (NFL and NHL)
What is the risk associated with making unethical decisions?
- unethical decisions eventually get caught
- bad publicity erodes confidence and trust in organization
Define social responsibility.
Acting in the best interests of society in general
What are the 6 most important social responsibilities managers must make and carry out?
- To provide safe products
- To provide a safe and healthy work environment
- To protect the physical environment
- To provide equal opportunities for men and women
- To obey both the spirit and letter of laws- be ethical
- To provide public-service programs
What are the 10 steps of the strategic planning process?
- Define the goals and mission of the organization
- Identify the long-term objectives
- Review the existing strategy to achieve these goals
- Evaluate current environmental factors
- Inventory of organization’s resources
- Identify strategic strengths and weaknesses of the organization
- Compare current strategy against current information
- Formulate new strategy if needed
- Develop policies, procedures, and programs to accompany new strategy
- Implement and control the strategy
What are the 3 types of goals/objectives?
- Strategic: top management; expansive and influence organizational behavior
- Tactical: middle management; how will we achieve strategic goals
- Operational: entry-level; functional objectives trying to reach tactical goals
What is the purpose of an organizational structure? (2)
- Show flow of communication
2. Leads to efficiency
