SPMA 1P91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Branch Rickey, Spelt, Charleston Riverdogs
23 Jan 2018
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"sport management is the study and practice of all people, activities, businesses, or organizations involved in producing, facilitating, promoting or organizing any sport-related business or product. " (text, p. 7-8) An academic discipline, just like chemistry or history. Focus on theory developed through research conducted by social sciences researchers (professors/ grad students/etc) Managers within the sport industry manage their organizations/programs/etc. on a daily basis. Sport management taught in university setting must balance both academic theory and real-world practitioner relevance. All 5 tasks are couched within 2 general clusters of skill sets: Working with media, developing publications, advertising, etc. ) publications, advertising, etc. ) 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, decisions, and judgements. (text, p. 21) To evaluate someone reasoning, consider asking the seven critical thinking questions.
