International Sport Management

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The ____________ represents the common interests of all affiliated international federations in the Summer Olympic Games and governs all related professional issues of the Summer Olympic Games.

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations

Binaries refer to the ______ between issues, such as cultures.

Black and white

The Central American Football Union is the regional Central American organization of football that operates under the umbrella of _______.

CONCACAF

Hosted since 1946, it is the baseball tournament for club champion members of the Caribbean Baseball Confederation.

Caribbean Baseball Series

These three countries are the biggest sports nations in Northeast Asia.

China, Japan, South Korea

________ refers to the establishment of control by certain nations over other foreign nations or territories for the sake of political and economic domination.

Colonialism

The _________ is a multisport event held every four years involving elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Commonwealth Games

________ are zoned or regional governing bodies of national sport federations located in the same continent.

Confederations

_______ is the term used to describe the capitalist, or market economy, ideology whereby people aspire to ever-higher standards of living and material consumption.

Consumer Culture

_______ deals with the alternatives that a company or organization explores as it conducts business across several industries or markets.

Corporate-level strategy

Sport in Central America continues to grow in popularity. An example is one in every four ________________ plays football.

Costa Ricans

In physical and health education, Canada has been a long-time supporter of ______________ in safe and accessible facilities, offered by qualified physical educators.

Daily physical education

The ____________ is an economic partnership that aims to achieve peace, prosperity, and freedom for the 495 million citizens who reside within its borders.

EU

In the context of international expansion, each of the following is an example of comparative advantage, except _______.

Environmental

At the basic assumption level of understanding organizations, people need to know only the habits of perception and don't need to consider thoughts or feelings.

False

In Latin America few linkages exist between sport, education (particularly physical education), and the development of the amateur sport system.

False

Merger and acquisition are the options of business-level strategy.

False

One of the most important elements to consider when working within an intercultural setting is the adoption of ethnocentric behavior.

False

South Asia and Northeast Asia combine for nearly 3 billion people, or almost half of the world's population.

False

The International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee are independent of each other.

False

The NFL and MLB allow a single owner to possess interest in two or more franchises in the same league.

False

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the second largest and second most influential governing body for intercollegiate athletics in the United States.

False

The governance of sport in Africa and the Middle East is decentralized.

False

The big three Northeast Asian countries in sport accounted for nearly 60 percent of all Asian nations' medal counts in the 2008 Olympics.

False, 71%

The Eastern European model is based on power sharing and interaction between government organizations and nongovernment organizations. The Western European model relies exclusively on centralized state control of all sport systems.

False, flipped

Li Na became an ambassador for Chinese sport through her performance as a gymnast in the Olympics.

False, tennis

The influence of media rights and burgeoning sponsorship opportunities in Eastern Europe has led to the acknowledgement of sport as a lucrative means of generating profit and revenue.

False, western europe

The Human Development Index is a composite score that measures a country's achievement in three basic areas: ______, ______, and ______.

Health, Education, Standard of Living

_________ is a term used to describe the methods that ruling powers use to maintain their status and position.

Hegemony

_______ is the promotion by the dominant nation of its culture over the cultures of other countries.

Imperialism

A key purpose of an ______ is to govern and promote a particular sport or sports internationally.

International Federation

_________ is used to describe the worldwide dissemination of sport driven, in part, by the development of the 20th-century consumer culture; the term also refers to the movement of athletes around the world in the pursuit of work.

Internationalism

Broadcasting, marketing foreign athletes, grassroots programs, licensing and merchandising and playing exhibition and formal competitions are examples of _______ strategy.

Internationalization

In a _______ two or more companies come together to contribute resources and expertise to develop a product or service.

Joint Venture

Localization is the adaptation of nonlocal elements to the local context, such as _____ and _____.

Language and Rules

The International Olympic Committee is based in __________.

Lausanne, Switzerland

Functional-level strategy includes appropriate production, ______, ______, accounting, finance, and human resources elements.

Marketing, R&D

In developing sport in Latin America, geographic location like the ___________ rural areas of Honduras can present limitations in sport development.

Mountains

__________ is a Victorian-era philosophy that advocated physical strength and health in conjunction with Christian ideals.

Muscular Christianity

_______ is a socially constructed concept with ever-changing rituals, practices, and historical foundations.

Nationalism

The IF must cooperate with the IOC to make sure that its statutes, practices, and activities conform to the _______.

Olympic Charter

The IOC, the ______, and the five-ring logo are the most recognizable and dominant international brands in the world.

Olympic Games

The purpose of the _______ is to create "bonds of kindred friendship and brotherhood amongst people of the countries of the Pacific Region through sporting exchange without any distinction as to race, religion, or politics."

Pacific Games

Edson Arantes do Nascimento was the most influential football player of the 20th century. He was more popularly known as __________.

Pele

______, or the level of acceptance regarding the distribution of power in an organization, is a key aspect of national culture.

Power Distance

____________ refers to a centralized organization of league investors rather than a group of independent team owners.

Single entity

The Pan American Sport Organization is the group of national Olympic committees of the ______ continent.

South American

The ______ strengthen cooperation and relationships among South Asian countries through sport.

South Asian Games

_____ is the federal government organization that oversees most of the funding, programs, and policies relating to sport in Canada.

Sport Canada

____________ is/are perhaps the most common way in which sport is organized in Latin America.

Sport Clubs

The ______ is a set of decisions, activities, and plans of action that are necessary for an organization to survive, compete, and perform successfully.

Strategic Management Process

What elements are included in a SWOT analysis?

Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat

One commonality among many countries is the use of sport to display national strength - similar to branding.

True

Which is not an iconic annual amateur or professional event in Europe?

They are: boat race tour de france wimbledon

Which of the following may not be considered a single entity?

They are: centralized group of investors avoid antitrust laws

Which of the following is not one of the objectives of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa?

They: Promote understanding, cooperation and mutual assistance Help NOCs propagate, develop and protest Olympic ethics Plan and coordinate action of Africa NOC Organize and coordinate the prep and participation of Africa in Olympics Harmonize cooperative relationships Celebrate African sport Cooperate in general Foster Encourage Secure

The development of sport in Africa evolved through three periods. Which of the following is not on of those periods?

Traditional Colonial Postcolonial

A strategic alliance is a way in which organizations collaborate with each other to enhance their control over their industry and competition and to share the costs and risks of global expansion.

True

All IFs are primarily considered not-for-profit membership organizations based on their stated philosophies and missions.

True

All sport organizations considering global expansion must not only understand what is driving the desire to enter international markets but also clearly articulate the desired outcomes.

True

An international (sport) federation is a nongovernmental organization established to govern one or more sports at the international level.

True

Australian nationalism was for the most part founded on international sporting achievement.

True

Broadcasting, marketing foreign athletes, grassroots programs and licensing and merchandising are all basic approaches of pro sport teams, leagues and tours as part of their internationalization strategy.

True

Greenfield development involves the creation and construction of foreign-based facilities, as well as marketing and distribution channels.

True

In the promotion-relegation model, the least successful teams are relegated to the league below and the most successful teams are promoted to a higher league.

True

International federations work closely not only with the IOC, but also with the national governing bodies or national sport federations in each country.

True

Joint selling of media rights creates a single point of sale, thereby reducing transaction costs for the sellers (football clubs) and buyers (media companies).

True

Masculinity-Femininity refers to the extent to which achievements that are valued have more masculine or feminine qualities.

True

Most interpersonal social exchange occurs through language.

True

Originially a sport played by peasants, sepak takraw is a game a speed, agility, and dexterity, that has reached international status as a sport.

True

Participation in amateur sport is the most popular form of recreation in the United States.

True

Patriotic duty and value systems are the elements of socially constructed nationalism.

True

SCSA Zone VI is responsible for all sport development programs in Southern Africa and is the official arm for all SADC sport programs.

True

Sport as an economic activity has not been able to develop at the same pace across Latin America.

True

Sport is one of Fitness Canada's top priorities.

True

Sports has often been used as a political platform. An example is the United States' almost pulling out of the 1980 Moscow Games.

True

State of planet awareness is basically understanding global issues.

True

Territorial rights grant a team in a particular media market a line of demarcation that other league teams cannot encroach on in conducting business.

True

The IF must cooperate with the IOC to make sure that its statutes, practices, and activities conform to the Olympic Charter.

True

The Maccabi Games were created to unite the Jewish diaspora.

True

The NCAA governs collegiate sports at the Divisions I, II, and III levels, along with the highest level of junior college athletic competition.

True

The popularity of players competing elsewhere enhances sales in local markets as well as helps sport enterprises reach new international markets.

True

Understanding company strategies is at the level of understanding values and beliefs.

True

Western-styled sports are more popular than traditional modern sports in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

True

The purpose of defining ______ is to give the organization an advantage over its competition.

business-level strategy

The history of Africa has been shaped by _______ and _______.

colonialism and accuturalism

Apartheid, the forced racial segregation and disenfranchisement of _______, persisted through the late 1980s as part of this policy.

nonwhites

According to the text, communism advocates the creation of a classless society in which ______ is abolished and within which the means of production and subsistence belong to the community.

private ownership

Which of the following is an advantage of outsourcing?

reduce size of workforce lessen the amount of expertise reduce the cost of operations


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