Rec and Sport facility management – Flashcards
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            emergency procedure:phone #s, evacuation maps, emergency personnel ID  Manual of procedures:book with day to day procedures, hiring policies, training, crowd control  Standard Operating Procedures: day to day of facility..open/close
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        3 types of facility procedure manuals*
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            Planning o -strategize o -technical decisions o -scheduling o -staffing o -inventory
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        What is a facility operations manager responsible for?*
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            more day to day -coordinates with sales/promotion -plans events
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        What is the event coordinator responsible for
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            Administration oSales and marketing o Concessions and catering o Facility operations
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        What are the four major divisions of sport facility management? *
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            Routine inspection,  preventative maintenance,  cyclical repairs,  breakdown maintenance,  repair projects, housekeeping and janitorial
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        What are the six elements of the maintenance planning process
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            Entire facility, energy audit (every 3-5 years), space audit, program audit, staff audit.
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        What does a facility audit deal with?
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            Benchmarking: check or evaluate by comparison to standards, monitor repairs.
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        How do we use standards in facility repair? Benchmarking?
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            how are you going to sell your facility?the actual game plan that the agency should follow in the development of a structured document with: measureable goals &objectives, expectations, and specific strategies to complete the desired outcome marketing blueprint, updated regularly, need to have one to have a successful agency
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        what is marketing plan?*
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            Committee of all divisions, key management personnel or an outside consultant
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        Who develops a marketing plan?*
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            Promotion: the balance of the 4 p's, an awareness  Advertising: you pay for, you get what you give  Public relations: cannot buy, you earn it
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        What is the difference between promotion, advertising & public relations?*
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            anchor tenant: brings in other tenants by prestige  Annual special event: an event that bring in other people
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        What is the difference between an anchor tenant & an annual special event?*
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            executive summary: overview of the plan, last component of the plan to be written oAnalysis of product/service: Mission statement: general purpose, objective strategies: market penetration, market development, product development, product diversification o product extensions: the facility is enhanced through various supplementary good and services: give-aways, souvenirs o marketing mix: the four p's, goal: to delicately balance these four elements to satisfy your market and achieve objectives o situational analysis: environmental influences: cooperative, competitive, economic, social, political, legal environments o analysis of the competition: analyze their: programs, unique elements, staff/ customer service, strengths and weaknesses o target markets: extend analysis to all segments of the marketplace o market research: periodically survey: public perception, and statistical survey o marketing to sponsors: sponsor support=$, must match the sponsor with facility, plan switches from analysis to action o marketing objectives and strategies: set of specific, measurable actions
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        What are the ten components of a marketing plan?*
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            Product  price place promotion *needs to be balanced between the Ps
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        What are 4 Ps*
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            government/public non profit private/commercial
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        what are the three types of facility ownership?*
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            customer service o Clean, well maintained facility o Staff and management of facility o Marketing/advertising of event o Security o Finance o operations
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        Name five responsibilities of management.*
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            legal agreement between two parties, valid offer and acceptance, legal rights to make a contract, proper consideration for all parties, adequate time for all parties, proper format
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        What are the three major elements of a contract?*
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            subcontractor o Operates more effectively/efficiently, save from buying major equipment, saves facility money
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        What is a service contract? And why do we enter in to this type of an agreement?*
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            present the company philosophy, describe the training procedure, discuss their customer service concepts, share the staff educaiton and background
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        when selecting a service contractor it is important to require:
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            Operations division
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        In what division of responsibility is housekeeping located?
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            cleaning, operation, and storage
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        What are the three major divisions of housekeeping?
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            daily operations--Housekeeping reports, checklist of responsibilities, responsibilities by position, preventive maintenance responsibility, annual maintenance responsibility
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        what is an SOP*
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            new equipment, new methods, new supplies, skilled positions
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        why do we call training an ongoing process?
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            customer service and a clean facility
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        2 reasons why people come back to a facility?
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            administration
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        the box office is located in what division?*
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            one windor for 400-700 seats in the venue, warm and well lit, most important generating revenue area, first contact with the public
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        characteristic of box office*
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            box office manager(fulltime), part time staff (1-3 assistants 5-6 on event days)
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        what type of staff works in the box office?
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            coordinated by box office and sales marketing division, the stadium
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        who sets seat pricing? who controls complimentary seating?
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            Record keeping o Event summary o General information o Computer ticket management o Settlements* o General information*
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        3 major responsibilities of the box office?*
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            for laws covering the liability of people serving alcoholic beverages. Under dram shop laws, a party injured by an intoxicated person can sue establishments contributing to that person's intoxication. liquor establishments
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        Dram Shop Laws
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            a commercial activity center with a liquore license. social hosts are liable for injuries caused by guests who are served alcohol at a social function or injure themselves due to intoxication.
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        Social Host Liability Law
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            TIPS (training for intervention procedures by serves of alcohol) o TEAM (techniques for effective alcohol management)
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        What are the two training programs for alcohol management?
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            know your crowd** o Proper signage o Training o Food o Small containers
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        Name five strategies for alcohol management.*
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            major revenue
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        why do sport facilities offer concessions?
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            marketing, customer service, inventory, purchasing, insurance, law, cleanliness
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        five elements beyond the serving of food that pertains to concessions.?*
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            Cleanliness* o Customer service* o Trained staff o Food quality o Food choice
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        five concession design elements.*
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            In house o Outsourcing or privatization o Combination of both
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        Three ways in which one can operate a concession?*
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            fixed costs:rent annual insurance variable cost:labor products, utilities
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        2 types of concession costs*
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            Contracting with an outside company to provide a service or product instead of providing it from within the organization.  save money on the equipment, experience, training program
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        contract outsourcing and why?
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            1.hiring process  2, classification process 3.evaluation process 4motivation/rewards 5.GROWTH AND IN SERVICE TRAINING
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        human resources management*
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            planning, organizing, controlling, implementing
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        managerial functions*
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            setting vision, mission, goals, and objectives
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        planning*
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            strategic plan-master plan, helps to achieve highest level goals operational plans-more detailed, event or function related functional plans-operational plans, task oriented
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        types of plans
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            the process of developing a management strategy of objectives that is realistic and achievable through the input of employees  must be measurable, objective a timeline and who is responsible
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        Management by Objective (MBO)*
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            the personality of the facility/sftaff.. what a personality is to a person
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        organizational culture*
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            authority, communication, responsibility, relationships
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        organizational structure*
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            product, marketing, legal, financial. (general business outlook). forecasting environment
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        business planning*
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            coordination of resources. employees-human capital, financial, capital-structure, technological
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        organizaiton*
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            execution, the process of meeting the goals and objectives employee awareness and focus
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        implementing*
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            monitoring the process, evaluation.. the must be "objective", potential change, building pride and a successful team
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        controlling*
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            human capital, staff, employees -personnel most important part of management!
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        human resources*
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            professional, seasonal, volunteers, contractual,
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        HR types of employee*
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            typically a public of non-for-profit agency will enter into an aggreement for a private company to take over and existing responsibility or service  offered by private companies
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        privatization and outsourcing contracts*
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            network, contacts, professional support, shared data base,effective, efficent, budget oriented, save you money in long run
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        strengths of privatization*
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            typically adds a management and incentive fees, control, loyalty, too agressive.. in money saving mode, possible managemetn over-turn
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        cons of privatization*
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            approval interview committee info of affirmative action and EEO policies job description job announcement advertising plan screening applications verifying the credentials interviews  selecting a candidtate negotiating the appointment
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        hiring process*
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            immediate supervisor, interested third party, and HR
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        interview committee*
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            hours, policies and procedure, dress codes
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        employee manual review*
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            employee evaluations includes everyone!  -agreement of job tasks -self evaluation -performance appraisal -comparison -final appraisal
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        performance evaluation*
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            more likely to donate
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        volunteers
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            want to do something useful to help others must be satisfying
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        why do ppl volunteer*
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            typically supports the organization job description (current) roles well defined skills and experience may be required need to be challenged training important
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        role of volunteer*
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            advertise word of mouth highschool, university, churches, community service groups
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        where do you find volunteers*
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            representatives from the community -stakeholders,interest groups, community factions, politicians, neighbors, financiers, engineers, architects
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        planning committee*
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            organize public meetings, public input, develop vision, goals, objectives..concensus establish funding, select an architect, recommend general contractor, construction firm
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        what does planning committee do*
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            needs assessment feasibility study economic impact site selection and acquisition
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        sport facility development --5 elements*
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            determines need why a new/renovated facility? community suitability -#/type of events, size, attendance/ capacity
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        needs assessment*
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            economic impact multiplier effect community impact
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        types of impact*
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            -to a community/region/state  -depends on-facility, function, purpose -"new money" into the are economy -economic impact study- food, lodging, retail, gas, entertainment -major league vs minor league
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        economic impact*
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            new sports facilility will bring community: -new business -contractual agreements-security, catering and concessions, exposition services -restaurants -lodging -jobs
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        community impact*
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            -public funds-bonds -private funds-bonds -hotel/motel tax -luxury tax -local,state, federal grants
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        how to finance a new sport facility*
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            gov't financed  low interest rates backed by "full faith and credit"of agency most popular
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        GO bonds*
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            higher interest rates paid by the revenue generation of the facility revenue generation includes ticket sales, memberships, corporate suits, naming rights, advertising, parking fees, concessions, sport stores, rentals, specialty merchandise
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        revenue bonds*
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            governmental unit involved -paid by the increase in the taxes over the existing taxes prior to the facility being built
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        TIF tax increment finacning*
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            -programming phase -design phase -construction phase -occupancy phase
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        phases of facility planning*
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            -costs -facility downtime -construction area -green buildings-potential for specialized care -value-based engineering -must completely analyze the project (wants needs reality)
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        build new or renovate*
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            -budget preparation -adoption -execution -evaluation/audit
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        Budget cycle (4 steps)*
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            -line item budget-traditional budget -perforamnce based budget -zero based budgeting- a contemporary process using the line item format -computerized budgeting systems
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        types of budgets*
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            -planning, prioritize, manage staff,strategize, event set up, process design, technical decisions, quality maintenace and control-capacity inventory-maintenance-suplly manager layout design-production and staffing -master production scheduling
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        facility operations managers
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            -basically safeguarding persons,places, and items foreseeability inside and outside of the facility crowd management& supervision
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        security management*
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            training staff size technology IDENTIFICATION OF ALL POTENTIAL RISKS
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        security planning*
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            an item of value-land equipment
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        assets*
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            debts that are owed-bond payments
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        liabilities*
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            income statement-revenue expenses balance sheet-assets n liabilities cash flow statement- amt of cash available at any given day
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        financial statements*
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            moral, normative,righteous, correct,proper honest, standards of conduct personal code of conduct professional code of conduct  doing what is right
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        ethics*
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            consequential decision making rules decision making moral decision making
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        resolving ethics 3 ways*
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            who does it effect
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        consequential decision making*
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            are there rules ? policies? procedures?   define the paremeters
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        rule decision making*
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            values, personal moral compass, whats the right thing to do? vould be very subjective
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        moral decision making*
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            management theory details three elements including inputs processes and outputs
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        system theory
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            internal constituents, external constituents, and customers  also responsible for crowd control and protect patrons and provide safe environment
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        3 "publics" that facility managers deal with are
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            china
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        first country to develop multi use lighted sport and athletic facility
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            risk management process in/out of the facility
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        forseeability
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            coordination go security agencies tracking photo takers proper key access for staff security identification
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        crowd security
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            alternatives for security
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        contigency planning
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            width of spacexspeedxdensity
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        flow=
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            can be completed with respect to security issues
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        vulnerability audit
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            reduced labor costs, more flexibility, less regulation, and less transfer of risk
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        private management trends include
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            special revenue sources, 3 types of bonds, and a potential tax levy
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        public financing
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            administation
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        what division is typically responsible for programming and scheduling events in a sport facility
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            permanent facility specific starting time an approx ending time DEPARTURE IMPACTS
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        discrete recurring events include what characteristincs
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            various venues venues with in the same area  same approx starting time TRANSPORTATION
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        regional multi venue events include