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• Commented on Culture
  I thought that by using the merger between the men’s and the women’s athletic departments at the University of Minnesota Brian pointed out how important it is to know the culture of another organization before a merger takes place. By...
• Commented on Organizational Culture
  After reading Kristin’s stand on culture and how it can be managed I realized that culture is a hard thing to define. I agree with how she went about describing it. I thought it was interesting how she described that...
• Commented on Extended depth from Blog # 5
  After reading R.J’s reflection of his philosophy for a sport organization I found myself reevaluating my own philosophy. I agree with everything that he said in regards to how an effective sport manager would have to be an upright, moral,...
• Commented on BAHAMAS TOURNAMENT!
  After hearing about the trip I was interested to know the details as to what went on behind the scenes for a manager of a division 1 basketball team. Before reading Emily’s blog I knew little as to what they...
• Commented on Organizational Managers
  Decision making is something that is a part of everyone’s lives. I thought it was interesting how Emily described the two different models of decision making. Being a manager for the basketball team I wonder which model she would use...
• Posted Presentations 12-8 to Organization and Management of Sport
    I thought that the presentations went really well today. I really enjoy it where there are a lot of pictures on slides verses just words. It helps to keep my attention focused on the presenter and their topic. I...
• Posted Presentations 11/24 to Organization and Management of Sport
                  The presentations today were good. They were very informational for the audience. One of the things that I liked about all the presentations is the fact that they wrote out all the facts and put them on the power...
• Posted Presentations 11/19 to Organization and Management of Sport
  Overall I thought the presentations today were good. Personally I believe that Andre had a strong presentation. He demonstrated his knowledge of the organization well. He maintained great eye contact with the audience and exuded an air of confidence. I...
• Posted Charge Up Recall to Organization and Management of Sport
  Ashley Deisting, Alex Maschoff, Brian Grant   1. The central decision making issue was whether or not ChargeUp was responsible for making people sick or not. The top management of ChargeUp was responsible for determining the causal relationship between sickness...
• Posted Culture to Organization and Management of Sport
                 The culture of an organization is a hard thing to define within an organization. One of the reasons it is hard to define is because culture is new to organizational theory. According to Slack and Parent some of the...
• Posted Leadership to Organization and Management of Sport
                  Leadership in an organization is very important. You cannot have a successful organization without good leadership from employees and especially top level managers. Top level managers are the ones that set the president in which the other employees model....
• Posted Change to Organization and Management of Sport
                    Sports organizations go through many changes. They undergo these changes for many reasons. Some of these changes may be caused by environmental factors such as the economy or technology. Sport organizations need to change to adapt to the...
• Posted Conflict to Organization and Management of Sport
                  Conflict is defined in several different ways. The one that I believe fits sports organizations the best is defined by Morgan as "conflict occurs whenever interests collide." Within an organization there is horizontal conflict and vertical conflict. Horizontal conflict...
• Posted Power and Politics to Organization and Management of Sport
  Two things that everyone will encounter at one point or another in their lives are forms of power and politics. These are two things that we as sports managers will in counter in a sports organization. There are five main...
• Posted Environments and Sport Organizations to Organization and Management of Sport
              There are many different things that influence whether or not a sports organizations succeeds or fails. In past blogs we have talked about how the structure and design influence the success of sports organizations, and we have also talked...
• Posted Organizational Strategy: ASU and adding another sports team to Organization and Management of Sport
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• Posted Dimensions of Organizational Structure to Organization and Management of Sport
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• Posted Organizational Effectiveness Philosophy to Organization and Management of Sport
   One of the most important factors in running a successful organization is having a successful organizational design in place. All managers of organizations seek to produce a design that will enhance their ability to achieve the short term and long...
• Posted Organizational structure of the Special Olympics (Group 6) to Organization and Management of Sport
  Ashley Deisting, Jamie Prscott, Anthony Crowell, Paul LehrerWWE evaluation ·          No it is not a sport. There is a pre-determined outcome. It is more for entertainment purposes and is a live production. ·         No it is not...
• Posted Nike co. and the Environment to Organization and Management of Sport
  Ashley Deisting,  Anthony Crowell, Alex Maschoff 1. We think that Nike was in the Defensive stage.  Nike, is going for the for the business side trying to make the most profit they can, not caring for their workers.  Throughout the...