Questions and Answers of Skills Management

Bobby Knight is not an easy coach to fathom. One of the youngest coaches ever to achieve 700 wins in NCAA basketball, Knight argues that his style may not be pretty but his teams win. He is right
Are the conflicts that the USADA faces functional or dysfunctional?
How could the USADA use negotiation to solve some of its conflicts?
Could the USADA use mediation to solve some of its conflicts?
Can college athletes use stress management to improve their performance?
What are the Big Five personality traits?
What are the seven bases of power?
Can management order the end of power and politics in the organization? Should it? Why or why not?
What is the primary reason for your personal conflicts? Your work conflicts?
What is meant by “ownership of the problem”?
How are BCF statements used?
What are the characteristics of type A personalities?
What type T sports do you like to either participate in or watch on screen?
What are some stress management techniques?
Draw a simple diagram of John Wooden’s pyramid of success. You can find it at the official Wooden website www.coachwooden.com/index2.html.
So, you still think being an athletic director for a major university is an easy job? Think again. For instance, scheduling games in all sports and at all divisions has become increasingly more
Give one reason the New England Patriots is a successful team.
One study found that NBA teams with a high shared experience and a low turnover tended to have significantly better win–loss records. Why?
Recall the study cited in the text that examined the performance of eight U.S. teams in the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta. What was the reason given that four of the teams failed to meet expectations?
Does members’ commitment to the group continue to increase through the first four stages of group development?
Describe the five types of problem members in meetings. How do they cause problems?
What are four reasons that volunteers gave for volunteering to work at the 2004 Athens Olympics?
Describe the team structure for a volunteering effort you have been involved with at your college.
Which lesson of the geese is most lacking and needed in teams today? Why?
Fantasy Sports used to be called Rotisserie Baseball. Back In the 1980s, it was called roto for short. What is really involved in building a fantasy team? The fantasy business has been growing
What is distortion?
Give an example of nonverbal communication in baseball, in poker, and in soccer.
What forms of communications do you personally use to gather information about sports?
What is the 1–5–15 rule?
What should you include when you send an oral message? A written one? What makes each effective and why?
When we calm emotional people, why don’t we simply show them who is boss?
Visit your college library and find an article in the Journal of Sport Management that mentions communication. In what context is the term used?
What athletes can you name who received criticism in a professional manner? What athletes or coaches responded in an aggressive, reactionary manner?
Practice writing a press release for a local sporting team. You might also write a press release for a fantasy sport team (if you are part of a fantasy league) you manage.
Do you think you would be good at babysitting egos? Think you can handle the fickle media, long hours, and first-class seats on airplanes and at sporting events? Then become a sport agent—it’s
Do you agree with the performance equation? Will you use it on the job?
Apply Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to a sport organization you are familiar with.
Which of the three process-based motivation theories do you prefer? Why?
What reinforcements have been used to get you to go to work and to be on time?
True or false: Reinforcement theory is unethical because it is used to manipulate employees. Explain your reasoning.
What athletes in the past 6 months have been punished as a way to discourage a certain behavior? What was their punishment?
Which motivation theory do you plan to use on your job or as a coach? If you plan to use a hybrid, explain which parts of which theories you will emphasize.
Do you think that incentive-laden contracts motivate athletes to perform at their highest level?
What are the two factors in two-factor theory?
What are the two parts of expectancy theory?
What are the four steps of giving praise?
Al Dunbar can normally be found at the Springfield, Massachusetts, Jewish Community Center (JCC) teaching the fine art of playing tennis. As a coach he has a profound impact on youth. He is the
What is leadership and why is it important?
Based on your responses to the Self-Assessment on page 375, are you a theory X or a theory Y leader?
Name several pro athletes who are charismatic leaders and explain why.
What are the two dimensions of leadership and the four possible leadership styles?
Why do you think most sport management studies have focused on the leadership skills of coaches instead of those of athletic administrators?
Describe Phil Jackson’s (Los Angeles Lakers) leadership style in terms of the Leadership Grid. Defend your answer.
Describe and compare the two leadership styles of the contingency model of leadership.
Describe and compare the two dimensions of the continuum model of leadership.
Describe and compare the four leadership styles of the path–goal model of leadership.
Give examples of MLB general managers who are transformational leaders.
Do you believe results differ when men coach women’s college teams? What about women coaching men’s college teams? Defend your answers.
Review the coaching examples provided in the discussion of Vroom and Yetton’s normative model of leadership. Do you agree with our analysis of the leadership styles of these coaches? Why or why not?
Using “leadership” and “sport” as your key words, use www.scholar.google.com to search for the top five listed academic journal articles.
Find three additional leadership quotes attributed to Vince Lombardi at www.vincelombardi.com.
Which situational leadership model do you prefer? Why? Will you use it? Why or why not?
The battle for leadership was set. Topps Trading Cards had been producing baseball cards for more than 50 years. New York–based Topps was ready to accept an offer from Michael Eisner’s Tornante
Name five sport governing bodies.
Discuss the role of governing bodies in managing and controlling their sport.
Why do organizations measure performance?
List the three constant-control methods, the three periodic-control methods, and the four occasional-control methods.
Why is the capital budget the most important budget?
State what the three financial statements show.
How do managers commonly undermine employees’ motivation?
What is the performance equation and how is it used with coaching?
How do coaching, counseling, and disciplining differ?
Name the major ratio measures in finance, marketing, and human resources and explain what they measure.
Do you agree with the ASQ study that determined Reebok had a better quality score than Nike?
Since 1887, Rawlings Sporting Goods has been a leading manufacturer and marketer of sporting goods in the United States. Rawlings’ mission has always centered on enabling participation by
What is the difference between a policy, a procedure, and a rule?
Why do some sport managers fail to plan?
What are some of the activities involved in planning a youth Olympics-style games?
What types of events do sport managers plan?
What is the mission of the University of Southern Mississippi National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security?
Why are time management skills important to a team manager?
What does a time log show?
What are the four key components of the time management system?
What are the most likely major opportunities and threats to be concerned about in sport management in the next few years?
What do you believe is the most important issue facing sport management today?
What is your vision of the future of sport management?
Every sporting event needs to be concerned about the potential for hooligan-type behavior. The term hooligan is often associated with European football games. Some rowdy fans get out of control and
What is sport management? Name some possible career opportunities available to sport management majors.
What are the five management skills? Do all sport managers need these skills?
What are the four functions of management? Do all sport managers perform all four functions?
What are the three management roles? Do all sport managers perform all three roles?
What are the three types of managers? How do they differ?
Is it more important for a sport manager to be efficient or effective? Can you be both?
Should a sport management course focus on teaching students about sports or about management? Explain your answer.
Do you believe that sport management theory is or should be as precise as physics or chemistry? Explain your answer.
What are three career paths in sport management that you find interesting?
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Do most sport organizations focus on creating customer value? Use specific examples to defend your position.
Do you think that all sport organizations should use TQM? Why or why not?
What technological breakthrough in sports has had the greatest impact on the quality of your life, and why?

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