Managing and Leading Managing and Leading Sport OrganizationsSport Organizations

Today’s TopicsToday’s Topics

Thinking Critically about Sport Thinking Critically about Sport ManagementManagement

Sport Organization Managers Sport Organization Managers and Organizations Behaviorand Organizations Behavior

Managing and Leading Sport Managing and Leading Sport OrganizationsOrganizations

Thinking Critically About Sport Thinking Critically About Sport ManagementManagement

“ “The clear implication of all these The clear implication of all these suggestions is that, as managers of suggestions is that, as managers of the future, you will need exceptional the future, you will need exceptional thinkingthinking skills in order to make the skills in order to make the

decisions necessary to deal decisions necessary to deal effectively and responsibly with the effectively and responsibly with the

myriad of challenges you will myriad of challenges you will encounter” encounter” (p. 79)(p. 79)

Good Decisions are not:

Based on Expediency

The easy way out

What will cause the least turmoil or make the most money

Decisions must be consistent with your values and based on good information.

Values• Values

• Framework for understanding values

Rokeach Value Survey

– Types of values

– Importance of values

Critical thinking involves:

1. Systematic 2. Rational3. Movement

Sport Organization Managers Sport Organization Managers and Organizational Behaviourand Organizational Behaviour

“ “A sport A sport organizationorganization is a is a deliberately structured and deliberately structured and coordinated system of coordinated system of individuals and groups with individuals and groups with special skills and talents in special skills and talents in the sport industry working the sport industry working together to achieve a together to achieve a common set of goals.”common set of goals.” (p. 150)(p. 150)

““Organizational BehaviourOrganizational Behaviour is the is the field of study that systematically field of study that systematically investigates the impact of individual investigates the impact of individual behaviour, small group behaviour, behaviour, small group behaviour, inter-organizational structures, and inter-organizational structures, and inter organizational processes on an inter organizational processes on an (sport) organization” (sport) organization” (p. 152)(p. 152)

Why Study Organizational Behaviour?

self and others part of an organization TeamworkManager or entrepreneur

How Will Knowing Organizational How Will Knowing Organizational Behaviour Make a Difference?Behaviour Make a Difference?

For ManagersFor Managers– better corporations. better corporations. – organizational commitment. organizational commitment. – organizational citizenship. organizational citizenship.

ABC Organizational IcebergFormal Aspects

• What you do• Structure• Policies• Goals• Financial

Management• Volunteers• Specified roles and

responsibilities of various groups within the organization

Informal AspectsInterpersonal relationshipsPoliticsValuesNormsConflictFeelings of success, anger, affection, fearCommunication among members

Managing and Leading Sport Managing and Leading Sport OrganizationsOrganizations

No institution needs leadership leadership all of the time, unless it is in a state of continuous change. Instead, institutions need a blend of leadership and leadership and managementmanagement in different proportions at different times.

LeaderLeader ManageManagerr

Planning

Organizing

DirectingStaffing

Controlling Taking action

and makingdecisions

The Management ProcessThe Management Process

Theoretical Approaches to Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Leadershipthe Study of Leadership

Trait ApproachTrait Approach

Behavioural ApproachBehavioural Approach

Situational ApproachSituational Approach

Leadership Myths( Warren Bennis)

Rare skill Born Charismatic Top of an organization Controls

EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP

In Service offollowers needs for:

Leaders provide: To Help create:

Meaning and direction

Trust

Hope and optimism

Results

Characteristics of Successful Characteristics of Successful LeadersLeaders

They:They:trusttrustvisionvisioncoolcoolexpertsexpertsinvite dissentinvite dissentsimplifysimplifyencourage riskencourage risk

Quadrant 3 Quadrant 2

Quadrant 4 Quadrant 1

High Relationship and Low Task

High Task and Low Relationship

High Task and High Relationship

Low Relationship and Low Task

BASIC STYLES

Situational Leadership:Description of Leadership Styles“Telling”

“Selling”

“Participating”

“Delegating”

Providing Team Leadership

• Leading teams requires new skills.

• Leading teams requires new roles.

Team Leaders• Team leaders need to focus on two priorities:

• Four specific roles: