Professional Perspective
Formally communicated rules that govern behavior of group members.
Explicit Norms
Albert Spalding played baseball in the _________ league, pitching for the Chicago White Stockings.
National
A consumer’s ability to correctly identify a given product or service by viewing a logo, packaging, tagline, or other product attributes
Brand Recognition
The value of a given brand in the commercial marketplace derived from consumer perceptions of a sport organization’s product or service.
Brand Equity
Indicators of what you consider most important or desirable
Values
Unstated or informal rules understood and practiced by members of an organization.
Implicit Norms
decentralized.
A company’s expansion by moving forward or backward within an industry; expansion along a product or service value chain.
Vertical Integration
During the nineteenth century, the populations of the USA and Canada boomed due to urbanization and ___________
Immigration
A person who identifies, organizes, and develops new business ventures
Entrepreneur
When an employee tailors their grooming, attire, posture, and social media for a specific work place, they are maintaining their ___________
Professional Image
Spalding established two distribution centres, one in New York and the other in __________
Chicago
The act of adding new products to the company’s product mix, thus diversifying the company’s product offerings.
Diversification.
Originating in Britain, the ____________ spread muscular Christianity throughout the USA and Canada.
YMCA
The specialized knowledge or abilities needed to fulfill specific job duties.
Job Content Skills
A system of rules and conventions that regulate social and professional behavior.
Etiquette
Spalding produced the first _________ for James Naismith.
Basketball
The 19th century bicycle craze is an example of a _________
Watershed Event
Technological advances, particularly the telegraph and ________ helped facilitate the rise of modern sport.
railroad
General abilities that transfer to many jobs or situations.
Functional Skills
A set of values based on desirable workplace characteristics that include accountability, dependability, initiative, and accomplishment.
Work Ethic
Spalding produced a wide range of ________ to educate the masses about various sports and advertise his products.
Manuals or Rulebooks
The ranked position of a company in a market that is determined by the percentage of a company’s product sales.
Market Share
A period during the 1880s and 1890s during which companies began to organize and market sport to specific markets such as youth
Age of Organization
Personal attributes or traits that enable a person to approach changing workplace situations with flexibility.
Adaptive Skills