SPMA 1P91 Lecture 8: Managing and Leading in Sport Organizations

• School: Brock University
• Department: Sport Management
• Course: SPMA 1P91
• Professor: Craig Hyatt

Document Summary

Organizatiional culture: a set of shared values and norms that controls how organization members interact both with insiders and outsiders. Management functions (as part of the process approach to management) Arranging resources: money, equipment,etc. to best deliver service) Changing things up if things could be working better) Managerial skills: conceptual: the ability to see the org. as a whole. Aids in planning and organizing, linked to top level executives: human relations: the ability to work with people. Linked to all levels of mangers: technical: can perform a job based on thee job requirments. Aids in completing everyday operational tasks, linked to supervisory level managers. Mangers work with people and resources to achieve org. goals. Managers are often leaders, but not all leaders are managers. Mangers cope with complexity, leaders cope with change. The best sport managers are able to manage in the short term ( ex. Organize, direct and control) and lead in the long term (ex.