SPMA 1P92 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Organizational Chart, Sports Club, Voluntary Sector

• School: Brock University
• Department: Sport Management
• Course: SPMA 1P92
• Professor: Kirsty Spence

Document Summary

Reflects government initiatives and organization in sport. Non-profit organization (npo), associated with voluntary sector. Sport industry sectors: public sector, not-for-profit sector, commercial sector. Industry segments of the global industry include: Very people orientated and service oriented industry. Helps to understand the big picture of how the various sport industry segments work together. Sport: a mirror or reflective of societal issues. Example: colin kapernick not standing up for the national anthem due to police brutality. Governance is more closely related to courses dealing with management, organizational behaviour, or most especially, legal aspects of sport, which deal specifically with governance-related and policy-oriented issues. In the sport industry, governance includes regulatory and service organization. Governance is associated with power, authority, control and high-level policy making in organizations. People involved in governance make decisions that set the tone for the entire organization. Sport governance occurs mainly on three different levels: local, natural, and international.