Rebecca Picha

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• Commented on Managing Organizational Culture
  I would first like to comment Parker for his excellent examples from his experience within University of Minnesota Athletics. I am writing in response to Parker’s first question about culture within the professional sport industry. I believe that a thick...
• Posted Presentations 12/10 to Organization and Management of Sport
  Today was our last day of presentations and I think today's presenters ended on a good note. In one of the earlier presentation days, a classmate presented on the Minnesota Twins and said he believed they were a very effective...
• Commented on Club Corperation of America
  My Comment: In response to David’s first question, yes I have worked in a sports organization that has struggled to keep customers (the primary stakeholders) happy. The organization is the intramural sports department. I will be doing my organizational analysis...
• Commented on Power
  Ryan offers a unique and often forgotten perspective on power in sport organizations. I would have to agree with him that a team’s fan base is a great source of power that is often overlooked. While it is easiest for...
• Commented on Leadership and sport organizations
  I really enjoyed Tony’s blog about leadership in an organization, and I thought he used some great examples from the NBA. In one of his first examples, Tony mentions potential conflict that can result from a coach not giving a...
• Commented on Blog 10: Diversifying the Twins Organization
  Part of the reason this topic was so interesting to me is the same reason it is especially interesting for you. I had an interview with the Twins this week as well and this topic was definitely weighing on my...
• Commented on Pop Warner Organization
  I have never heard of Pop Warner prior to reading to this blog, but the organization sounds very intriguing to me. I don’t think anyone else in the class has presented on an international organization that does not base itself...
• Commented on Extended depth from Blog # 5
  RJ, I really enjoyed your sport management philosophy and found myself agreeing with everything you said. I agree that a sport manager should be upright, moral, selfless, encouraging and an honest leader. Although I am definitely biased in favor of...
• Commented on Blog #2
  (reposted to tag my name) I really like the example you used. It is a very logical and applicable situation. I agree with what you said about the head coach having almost all of the power and that an authoritative...
• Commented on Organizational Change
  (Reposted to tag my name) Is resistance to change always going to hurt the organization? It depends what you mean by “hurt.” I would say that resistance to change will always slow down the process of changing an organization, but...
• Commented on Organizational Managers
  (Reposted to tag to my name) Though I don’t have a ton of work experience in the world of sport, I have officiated intramural volleyball and taught a instructional volleyball class for 12-year olds. The “tough” decisions I have made...
• Posted Presentations 12/3 to Organization and Management of Sport
  I really liked the variety in today's presentations. It was nice to see professional teams, local teams, national governing bodies, youth programs, a corporate fitness chain, and an association. The presentation quality was fairly good today; everyone seemed well-versed in...
• Posted Presentations 12/1 to Organization and Management of Sport
  Today's presentations were overall pretty good. Some of the presentations ran long and the PowerPoint presentations were heavily loaded with text. Beyond that small complaint, I think they all presented good information about their respective organizations. The Steelers presentation brought...
• Posted Blog 10: Diversifying the Twins Organization to Organization and Management of Sport
  Last week during the organizational analysis presentations, one of the presentations sparked my interest; the presentation was about the Minnesota Twins. The student who was presenting said he didn't really have any recommendations for change for the Minnesota Twins organization....
• Posted Presentations 11/24 to Organization and Management of Sport
  Today we had four new sport organization presentations; they were on the Minnesota Gopher Men's Hockey Team, Nike Incorporated, Adidas Group and the Minnesota State High School League. The presentation I enjoyed the most was Kristin Dockery's on Nike Incorporated...
• Posted Evolved Philosophy about Organizational Effectiveness to Organization and Management of Sport
                  Through everything we have studied in this course, I have gained a solid foundation of the different components that make up and organization and ultimately determine if the organization is effective. These components include an organization's goals, structure, environment,...
• Posted Nov 19 - Presentations to Organization and Management of Sport
  Today we had five presentations about different sport organizations: USA Gymnastics, Gopher Men's Basketball, the Minnesota Timberwolves, USA Track & Field, and the Minnesota Twins. All of the presentations were informative and well prepared. The two that I would like...
• Posted Culture in Sport Organizations to Organization and Management of Sport
                  Though I'm not sure if Slack and Parent's book ever gives a specific definition, culture is comprised of the values, beliefs, stories, symbols, rituals, basic assumptions, and shared understandings that are unique to an organization. All sport organizations have...
• Posted Leadership: a Different Approach for Every Situation to Organization and Management of Sport
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• Posted Change and Resistance to Organization and Management of Sport
              As Tracy Lawrence's song Time Marches On says, "The only thing that stays the same is everything changes." Sport organizations are definitely subject to that lyric. Change is an inevitable part of life, and the word seems to typically...
• Posted Power & Politics in Sport Organizations to Organization and Management of Sport
  Power and politics: they are undeniably a part of every sport organization. Some forms of power are obvious right away; others emerge after being around an organization long enough. The same goes for politics.                Chapter 10 in Slack & Parent's...
• Posted Organizations and Environments to Organization and Management of Sport
  As the beginning of Chapter 8 states, "To be effective, organizations must adapt to the demands of its environments" (page 150). Demands from the environment can come from many different sources; the Slack and Parent book classifies those sources into...
• Posted NSO Recommendations to Organization and Management of Sport
  Group Members: Rebecca Picha, Andre Phillips, David Dahlstrom, Ryan Hooser The reason that three of the NSOs did not succeed in implementing strategic/radical change is because they did not manage their organizations' interests, power and capacities well. Group 5's recommendations...
• Posted The Function of Interests, Power and Capacity in Strategic Change to Organization and Management of Sport
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• Posted Organizational Structure to Organization and Management of Sport
  This week's main reading surrounded the topic of organizational structures within sport organizations. According the book, there are three main dimensions of organizational structure: complexity, formalization, and centralization. Complexity encompasses the specialization of a company (departmentalization) and the hierarchy of...
• Posted What makes an effective organization? to Organization and Management of Sport
  What makes an effective organization? That is a difficult question to answer considering the paradoxical nature of effectiveness. In our book, Understanding Sport Organizations, they state, "Effectiveness is therefore paradoxical in nature. As such, one of the best ways to...
• Posted Group work: Rebecca Picha, David Dahlstrom, Andre Phillips, Ryan Hooser to Organization and Management of Sport
  We determined that the WWE is not a sport because it did not fulfill one of the requirements of a sport. While the WWE does require skill/movement and it is institutionalized, it has a predetermined outcome. The fans may not...