SPMA 1P91- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 48 pages long!)

• School: Brock University
• Department: Sport Management
• Course: SPMA 1P91
• Professor: Nicholas Burton

Document Summary

The study or practice of all people, activities, businesses, or organizations involved in producing, facilitating, promoting, or organizing any sport- related business or product. Study: sport management is an academic discipline, focus on theory developed through research conducted by social science researchers, ex. Very often you are a fan of team because a parent introduced you to it. Practice: managers within the sport industry manage their orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)s/progra(cid:373)s/et(cid:272) , focus on doing so effectively/profitably/responsibly. General sport management tasks: marketing and sales, record keeping, correspondence, public speaking, community relations. All five tasks are couched within two general clusters of skill sets: orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) ma(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)e. g. dire(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g, e(cid:448)aluati(cid:374)g, leadi(cid:374)g (cid:895, communication management (e. g. , working with media, developing publications, ad(cid:448)ertisi(cid:374)g (cid:895) Critical thinking is the backbone of all of these skills: critical thinking is the systematic evaluation of arguments through careful thinking that helps us move forward in a continual search to improve our opinions. Maybe they ignore evidence that supports different conclusions, etc.