Sport Governance

Resistance to Planning

"We've always done it this way" "We've done this a million times before and no one looks at these things"

How much is the sports industry worth?

$73.5 billion

Role of Decision Making in Sport Governance

Can have far reaching implications Shape the organizations direction Are open to public scrutiny Require a concrete method

Good Governance's 4 main principles

Democracy, Transparency, Accountability, Inclusion of Stakeholders

Sport Governance

Exercise of power and authority in sport organizations, including policy making, to determine organizational mission, membership, eligibility and regulatory power, within the organization's appropriate local, national or international scope.

Influences on Sport Organization

External - (proximal & distal) Internal - specific policies and procedures

Attributes according to Chelladurai

Identity, Membership, Boundaries, Program of activity, permanency, Division of Labor, Hierarchy of authority, formal rules, and procedures and regulatory power

Decision Making

Gathering and analyzing information

Constitution

Governing document and core principles and values

Structural features of Sport Organizations

Hierarchical levels of work until and subunits, Institutions or nations

Three Levels of Governance

Local, National, International

Bylaws

Operation in nature & how the organization conducts business

Four Functions of Management

Planning Organizing Leading Evaluating

Benefits of Planning

Proactive rather than reactive, initiate and influence favorable outcomes, exert more control over the organization's destiny

The Five R's of Good Governance

Regulations Rules Rankings Records Results

Two Types of Decisions

Routine (programmed) - straightforward and repetitive Complex (non-programmed) - Unique situation

Types of Plans

Short term - 1-3 years Long term - 3+ years Standing - In place and consulted as certain events repeat Single-Use - events that occur just once

SLEEPE Principle

Social Legal Economic Ethical Political Educational

Organizing

The process of delegating and coordinating tasks and resources to achieve objectives

Why Study Sport Governance

Understand the big picture and understand how governance fits in the sport management curriculum

Steps in the Planning process

Vision statement and Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives, Tactics and Roles, and evaluation

Robert's Rules of Order

o Call to order o Approval of the minutes of previous meeting o Committee reports o Old business o New business o Announcements o Call to adjourn meeting o Motion to take action/second motion-debate and then vote

The exercise of power and authority in sport organizations to determine

§ Organizational mission § Membership § Eligibility § Regulatory Power