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
