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introduction e-business management
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Introduction E-Business Management
explain the key functions of HR within an organisation;
explain and assess the key HR processes within an organisation;
explain the factors of human resource management (HRM) which are particular to professional sports.
Discuss the cross-cultural prospects and quandaries in applying the motivational psychology of ‘pure love’ or ‘playing without fear’ underpinning the ‘bodymindkinesomatic’ activity
How do you see the AML principles of benevolent decision making and trust as exemplified by J-Mac’s coach, contributing toward managing diversity and increasing the efficacy of HR strategies and
The Australian Rugby League’s psychological superiority can be characterised as one of underlining contrasts: on the one hand there is the pragmatism of the Anglo-Saxon colonial influence, and
Using an appropriate theoretical model, compare and contrast what you think are the, or might have been the, motivating factors for tennis player Serena Williams, Formula One racing driver Lewis
Select a successful sports professional such as Marcello Lippi, the manager of Juventus, Cathy Freeman, the Australian athlete, or Phil Knight, the CEO of Nike. To what extent do you think this
If you were the manager or strategist for Fiorentina, the Italian football club, Jan Ulrich, the German cyclist, or Andrzej Golota, the Polish heavyweight boxer, what would you do to improve their
identify a range of operational issues that facilitate the effective management of small and medium sports enterprises;
develop an awareness and appreciation of the components of small and medium sized sports enterprises;
demonstrate the characteristics of the not-for-profit sports organisation;
outline the strategic issues facing not-for-profit sports organisations.
What sports or other recreation pastimes do you think stand up paddle surfing has taken people from?
What other opportunities exist for the development of stand up paddling in other areas of business and recreation?
A large proportion of SMEs fail in this critical time. What do you think are some of the reasons this occurs?
What does this sort of event provide for the people involved? What benefits –social, economic and promotional – can you list?
What other sports and industry could this type of event be adapted to?
What steps could this business take to improve cash flow?
How could this business improve efficiencies in the way it manages its cash flow?
What other sports that have formal rules could take this approach to encouraging participation?
Why do you think that this event was driven by marketing of beer and not by community participation by the game’s stakeholders?
Why do you think SLSWA adopted this strategic intent to drive their sport business?
What current socio-economic issues could be adopted by similar organisations to change focus to become more reflective of society in general?
Using the definitions provided for categories of not-for-profit sport organisations, provide a snapshot of two sport organisations for both the executive office type and the kitchen table type. List
Determine where in the small business life cycle a local sport SME is. How would it move to the next level and continue to grow the business? What resources are required to allow the business to be
Using the operational plan guidelines, write an operational plan for a local sport SME.
Provide an example of a ‘kitchen table’ sport you know of. Why have you defined it as a kitchen table sport organisation?
describe the distinction between ‘ethics’ and ‘morality’;
explain the distinction between descriptive ethics and normative ethics;
morally evaluate examples of sporting conduct;
evaluate the central arguments in the debate on doping in sport;
compare and contrast criticisms of the dominant values of elite competitive sport;
discuss the interrelationships between conduct in sport, performance enhancement and the commodification of sport.
Was it Henry’s responsibility to tell the referee of his rule-breaking or is it the job of officials to enforce the rules of the game as they see it?
How does Henry’s intention (or lack of) to deliberately break the rules have a bearing on this as an ethical problem? Is it appropriate to label Henry a ‘cheat’?
Ought FIFA to have replayed the game? Or, should the French Football Association to have requested a re-match?
Should Baxter have been held responsible for what appears to have been an innocent mistake?
Should the IOC have ordered an isomer separation test to determine whether the type of methamphetamine in Baxter’s sample was performance enhancing?
Is the ‘strict liability code’ fair to athletes?
Do the IOC or other international sports federations have a moral duty to prioritise the health of athletes over commercial considerations when making scheduling decisions?
Are the specific conditions under which, for example, an Olympic event takes place, simply part of the sporting challenge faced by the athletes, like the lane draw in the 200m, or the barriers in the
Does professional sport have a duty to focus more on fulfilling the desires of the(paying) spectator (i.e. ensuring that it is an entertaining and aesthetic performance) over the aims and values of
understand the importance of the sports goods retail sector;
outline the sports goods retail market structure and discuss how and why it is changing;
understand the requirements of different forms of sports goods retail outlets, including internet retailing;
consider a range of management issues in designing, supplying, merchandising and operating sports retail outlets.
Why would Tesco wish to make this deal? How could the other leading food retailers such as Asda and Sainsbury’s respond?
In what ways do you feel women shop differently from men for sports products and how could this be reflected in sports shops?
What key store design and merchandising features does Dick’s exemplify?
In what ways should club ‘shops’ reflect the changing nature of supporters?
illustrate the benefits of the two-way symmetrical public relations model for sport organisations;
understand different approaches to repairing a sport organisation or athlete’s image or reputation;
identify influential groups of individuals which could be considered a sport organisation’s publics;
outline specific social media tools available for a sport public relations professional;
explain how sport organisations can generate publicity through media relations.
Who is the targeted public for a professional team’s weblog? Casual fans? Highly identified fans?
What should you do with comments on the weblog which portray the sport club in a negative light?
What barriers exist for organisations considering developing their own weblog?
Put into your own words the benefits of using two-way symmetrical public relations to communicate with targeted publics.
As the public relations person for a club in La Liga, you have been asked to evaluate whether the organisation should include blogs as media when inviting them to attend a news conference. What is
Visit the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders website (www.nba.com/bwb/). Evaluate what publics the NBA is trying to reach with this community relations activity. How would you enhance the league’s
Which of Benoit’s five image repair typologies is most effective in your mind? Identify an organisation or individual which has had a recent crisis and analyse which strategies they have used.
understand the structural and economic changes which led to a rise in the number and power of football agents;
assess the main roles of agents acting for players and clubs;
differentiate between the main types of agents;
appreciate the difficulties inherent in the relationship between a player and his agent;
understand the main regulatory systems currently in place and the difficulties in imposing effective sanctions.
Why does the potential buying club have to contact the club holding the player’s registration before making contact with the player?
What are the benefits and disadvantages of transfer windows?
Should restricting a player from speaking to other potential employers be classed as a restraint of trade?
Why didn’t the FA pursue a case against Pini Zahavi? And how has this situation changed?
Was the Bosman ruling beneficial for all players? And what impact does this have on agents?
Can the agents industry ever be effectively regulated?
Why wouldn’t clubs simply deal with each other when arranging a transfer?
explain the nature of a variety of techniques sports managers can use to predict the future;
identify sources of information available to sport managers seeking to predict the future;
identify emerging trends and challenges facing sport managers;
suggest how sport managers might address these trends and challenges;
highlight opportunities for the development of managerial practice and academic research as a result of this book.
What do you think this case tells us about the future of motorsport and of sport in general?
Alongside environmental change, what are likely to be the impacts on sport of the mega-trends now becoming evident in the wider business environment?
Using an example other than one from motorsport, highlight the environmental challenges currently facing a sport organisation. Assess how the organisation is responding to these challenges, and
Is the high-value trading of players such as Cristiano Ronaldo a good thing or a bad thing for the future of football?
Find out more about UEFA’s Financial Fair Play measures; how important are such measures, and how effective do you think such measures can be?
If you had to propose a series of measures designed to safeguard the future of a sport such as football, what would they entail?
Referring to the HBR’s, Forbes’ and Mannings’ views of the future, what do you think will be the impact for sport of their predictions?
For a sport of your choice, construct a plan to indicate where you should gather information from in order to that the management of this sport remains up to date and relevant.
Using the logic of ‘The Power of Crowds’ (what the people around you are thinking, saying and believe), what future do you predict for a sport with which you are familiar?
What do you think is THE single biggest challenge facing sport in the twenty-first century and why? How do you think sport organisations should respond to this challenge?
identify the internal aspects, functions and processes of organisations;
examine different group behaviours;
examine individual behaviours within a group;
explain different models which classify organisational culture;
recognise the features of different communications systems.
Why does an Formula One team have such an intricate structure? Would this be appropriate or necessary in other sports organisations, for example a soccer or rugby club?
Managers in Formula One teams must often deal with people who work elsewhere in the automobile industry, where organisation structures are often much more‘bureaucratic’ in the sense described in
In the case it states that if the Team Principal were to have to intervene on a regular basis to arbitrate disputes, this would represent a failure of organisation. Why, and what sense?
Although there is significant international ownership and sponsorship of Formula One teams, most are still based in (Southern) England. What are the implications and advantages of this from an
provide background and strategic knowledge on sport marketing;
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