SASM chapters 1,6,9 – Flashcards
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Birthplace of modern sport and sport management
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England
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made by the english aristocracy. membership was limited to politically and economically powerful of english society. organized one time events.
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sports clubs
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a specialized accrediting body whose purpose is to promote and recognize excellence in sport management education in colleges and universities at the baccalaureate and graduate levels through specialized accreditation.
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Commission on Sport Management Accredidation
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considered the architect of the professional golf tournament. convinced cities to host golf tournaments by telling them the benefits of: the media coverage for the city professional golfers spending on hotels and restaurants corporate sponsorships
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Fred Corcoran
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young french physical educator. influenced by Brooke's vision of an international olympic games. made of the idea of the Olympics participants had to be chivalrous athletes: men who competed with grace and for the honor of their club and country.
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Pierre de coubertin
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Sport management originated in thoroughbred racing in the form of:
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jockey clubs
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What baseball industry professional was involved with the initial discussions of developing sport management as an academic field?
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Walter O'Malley
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what are three sport management structures?
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Professional tournament, league, and club
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Sport management structures evolve in response to:
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broad social change
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The first sport management academic organization was called:
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SMARTS
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The practice of binding a professional baseball player to his ballclub was called
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reservation system
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What university had the first sport management academic program?
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Ohio University
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Fred Corcoran convinced cities to host golf tournaments by telling them the benefits of:
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professional golfers spending on hotels and restaurants
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The academic who first discussed the concept of offering sport management programs at colleges and universities was:
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James Mason
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The academic association that oversees sport management academic programs in Europe is:
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EASM
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The encouragement of employees to use their initiative and make decisions within their areas of operations, and the provision of resources to enable them to do so.
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Empowerment
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affect other people in a way that personal preferences do not.
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Ethical decisions
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Few areas of sport management present managers more difficulty than
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ethical dilemmas
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are probably the most visible statements of a company, business, or organizational ethical philosophy and beliefs.
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Codes of conduct
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are the fundamental baseline values dictating appropriate behavior within a society.
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Morals
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Academic discussions of morality often start with a discussion of _____ versus _____.
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absolutism, relativism
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argues that moral precepts are universal; that is, applicable to all circumstances.
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Absolutism
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argues that what is moral depends on the situation.
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Relativism
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what 3 things ensure that sport managers and employees make the "right" decisions?
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Incorporating codes of ethics Forums for moral disclosure Self-examinations
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One of the biggest distinctions between moral decision making and other ethical decisions is:
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the extensive ramification of immoral choices
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The founder of the modern Olympic Games in 1894 was:
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Baron Pierre de Coubertin
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the organizations governing a specific sport within each individual country
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national governing bodies
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For a sport to be included on the Summer Olympic Program, it must be practiced by:
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men in at least 75 countries on four continents and by women in at least 40 countries on three continents
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In its initial efforts to sell more shoes in Europe, Nike incorporated one of Europe's most popular traditions. What was it?
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Opera
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What Summer Olympic Games marked the turning point for commercial involvement with the Olympic Games?
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Los Angeles in 1984
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Sport first spread across international borders through:
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imperialistic efforts, as a mean's of imposing the conqueror's culture on the colonized land
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In the Olympic organizational structure, what two entities report directly to the IOC?
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International Federations (IFs) and National Olympic Committees (NOCs)
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what are the three sponsorship levels for the Olympic Games in accordance with the Olympic Charter?
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OCOG Sponsorship Programs NOC Sponsorship Programs The Olympic Partner Program
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The Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius," translates to:
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"swifter, higher, stronger"
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What statement best describes the Olympic broadcast revenues?
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The IOC's long-term broadcasting strategy is to secure broadcasting rights years in advance of the Olympic games to enable organizing cities to set firm budgets earlier. Summer Olympic broadcast revenue far exceeds the Winter revenue, in many cases it more than doubles it. Olympic broadcast rights outside of the United States have grown dramatically, thereby reducing the Olympic Movement's dependency on U.S. broadcast revenue.
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known as the czar of baseball, developed the national league of professional baseball players
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William Hulbert
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group of professional baseball teams formed in 1871, any ball club that was willing to pay its elite players could join
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national association of professional baseball players
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format that helps managers organize and run sports, then are conceived and revolve in response to broad social changes or to address specific issues within a segment of the sport industry
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sport management structures
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An organization that promotes, stimulates, and encourages study, research, scholarly writing, and professional development in the area of sport management, in both its theoretical and applied aspects.
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north american society for sport management
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the successor to the national association of professional baseball players, formed in 1876, it was a stronger body in which authority for the management of baseball rested
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national league of professional baseball players
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Concerned with the values guiding behavior; a specific type of ethical issue.
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morality
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A systematic process of reasoning so as to analyze and resolve an ethical dilemma.
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ethical decision making
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The process of making a fair and correct decision; it depends on personal values or the values of the organization for which one works.
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ethical reasoning
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virtues or moral precepts
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moral principles
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The systematic study of the values guiding decision making
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ethics
