Managing Sport & Professional Perspective
True or false? When you consider an occupation, you should not consider the earnings and work setting.
False.
What is the main goal of commercial organizations?
Profit
What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative data?
Quantitative= numbers
Qualitative= words, pictures or actions
What are two benefits of youth sport participation?
Physical benefits, quality of life, family life, sense of community, learning life skills (respect, teamwork, etc.)
What are three different associations in intercollegiate sport?
NCAA, NJCAA, NAIA, USCAA, NCCAA, CCCAA
What is sport?
An expansive variety of physical activities and associated businesses.
Nonprofit organizations are managed by who?
Volunteers
What benefit did Title IX bring to sport?
Provides qual opportunity for females
List three potential careers associated with interscholastic athletics
Athletic director, coach, athletic trainer, official, business manager
What is the premise of Baseballs antitrust exemption?
Baseball is not deemed to be involved in interstate commerce
*The only major professional league this applies to
What are the three sectors of the CSM Sport Industry Sectors Model?
Public Sector
Nonprofit Sector
Commercial Sector
The number of managers in this group is small, and they have great power and authority
Top-level managers
List two types of research design
*Experimental, *Cross-sectional, *Time series, *Longitudinal, *Ethnography, *Case study
What are two issues facing interscholastic athletics today?
Concussion in sport, finding experienced administrators and coaches, budgetary constraints, turnover, recruiting and retaining officials
What are three sources of revenue for professional sport teams?
Media contracts, ticket sales, licensing, merchandise, sponsorship
What is one resource that will assist you in your pursuit of a career in sport management
Education, internships, networking, campus career center
What are three sources of managerial power?
Legitimate/positional power, reward power, coercive power, referent power, expert power, information
Sport managers hope to avoid ______ by relying on research.
Costly errors
What is the definition of community sport?
Organized physical activity across the lifespan based in community, school and private local sport organizations.
Colleges that receive federal funding are required to submit this report annually:
Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA)
What are the five career decision steps?
1. Self-assessment
2. Research and occupational exploration
3. Career decision making
4. Career search
5. Re-evaluation
What are the five underlying processes of management?
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Directing
5. Controlling and evaluating
It is important to consider ______ issues when conducting sport management research.
Ethical
What is the central premise of the value of interscholastic athletic programs?
Athletics support the academic mission of schools
What three principles form the professional sport industry?
Labor, Management, Governance