SPMT 455 Sport Governance Mid-Term

4 Functions of Management

1. Planning 2. Organizing 3. Leading 4. Evaluating

Key areas of Governance Process

1. Planning 2. Decision Making 3. Strategic Management/ Policy Development 4. Ethical Decision Making

3 Types of Organizational Structures

1. By internal department 2.By business function 3. by strategic business unit 4. by geographic location

3 Types of Public Sport Orgs

1. City Parks and Recreation Departments 2. Recreational Sport Leagues 3. State Games and Provincial Games

Levels of Strategy

1. Corporate Level 2. Business Level 3. Functional Level

Steps in Strategic Decision Making

1. Define the problem 2. List all possible alternatives 3. Assess all the pros and cons 4. Consider global and long term effects on various alternatives 5. Select the best course of action

4 Key Themes of CSR

1. Ethical 2. Economic 3. Legal 4. Philantropic

5 Current Policy Areas in Public Sport Orgs

1. Fundraising 2. Inactivity of Youth 3. Parental Involvement 4. Violence in Sports 5. Selecting Youth Sport Coaches

2 Basic Components of Decision Making

1. Gathering Info 2. Analyzing Info

Organizational Units

1. General Assembly: primary gov body of org comprised of volunteers. Members are selected in accordance to constitutions and they vote as a group on legislation, rules, policies, and procedures 2. Executive Committee, Boards, and Management Councils: Subset of org selected by general assembly (5-20 members) who are responsible for generating the agenda actions items on gen ass. if they dont endorse an idea it will almost never gets brought to gen assembly for a vote 3. Standing Committees: Groups within org that deal with ongoing matters like rules 4. Ad Hoc Committees: Groups created to address specific issues and then disbanded 5. Executive or Professional Staff: Paid SPMT professionals who are employed by the gov body

Structural Features of Sport Governance Orgs

1. Hierarchal levels of work units and subunits 2. Institutions or Nations 3. Governance structures within each industry differ

8 Attributes of an Organization

1. Identity 2. Program of Activity 3. Membership 4. Clear Boundaries 5. Permanency 6. Division of Labor 7. Hierarchy of Authority 8. Formal Rules and Procedures

3 Levels of Sport Governance

1. Local (VHSL) 2. National (NBA) 3. International (IOC)

5 P's of Strategy

1. Planning: Settign a cource of action to deal with a situation 2. Purpose: Actions that are sometimes deliberate and sometime emergent that deal with change and opportunity 3. Ploy: Some specific maneuver to deal with an issue 4. Position: The location of an org in relation to its businesses and competitors 5. Perspective: Culture or perspective of the org

5 R's of Good Governance

1. Regulations: Systems that report org governance structures, like constitutions, legal control mechanisms, event selection criteria, and codes of eligibility, conduct and ethics 2. Rules: Technical rules of officiation and management of respective sport's competitive events 3. Rankings: Place team/athlete performance based on results and competitive criteria into numerical list from first to last 4. Records: Best performance ever accomplished by athlete/team within competitions, time periods, and overall 5. Results: Final standings and performance statistics from a competition

2 Types of Decisions

1. Routine 2. Complex

Types of Plans

1. Short Term (1-3 years) 2. Long Term (3+ years) 3. Standing (In place and consulted as events repeat) 4. Single Use

SLEEPE Principle Model of Decision Making

1. Social 2. Legal 3. Economical 4. Ethical 5. Political 6. Educational

Steps in the Planning Process

1. Vision/Mission Statement: VS: What your org will become, future aspirations. MS: Org's purpose, philosophy, values, and description of what it is and what it does. Uses concise terms and language 2. Goals: Broad statements that are qualitative, providing the general direction for the org, and are achievable 3. Objectives: Quantitative, measurable, realistic, and tied to achieving specific goals 4. Tactics: specific actions or how to steps on achieving objectives 5. Roles: Organizational units that are responsible for carrying out tactics, behaviors needed for success 6. Evaluation: Managers must check to ensure that they're fulfilling the mission statement. How has the org successfully completed goals, objectives, tactics, and roles?

Primary Purpose of 5 R's

For a governing body to operate successfully it must be structured in a way that important information can flow throughout the org and be disseminated externally to others who need the information

Role of Organizing in Governance

Org structures dictate the flow of information, setting policies and rules, and philosophical statements. Governing bodies transcend individual responsibility in an org structure

Impact of Organizational Structure

Org structures influence the flow of information, coordination, collaboration and the allocation of power and responsibility

Regulatory Power

Organizations have regulatory power over members which give them the authority to enforce rules and impose sanctions. Different orgs possess this sanctioning power to different degrees.

Sport Governance

The exercise of power and authority in sport orgs to determine: organizational mission, membership, eligibility, regulatory powers.

Organizing

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