Thursday, 29 November 2012

week 4-blake lawrie


This week we looked at the uniqueness of sports management and the strategies that associations, clubs and managers use. Strategies need to reflect the objectives and capabilities of a sport organisation, so sport managers need to have an intimate understanding of the organisation and its environment. (blackboard, 2012). Sport managers need to balance on-field and off-field as well as balancing operations of the organisation with opportunities of organisation. An in-balance can lead to the demise of a cub, as was seen at Gold Coast united football club.  The strategy management process consists of 5 principles: 1. Strategy analysis (internal/external), 2. Strategy direction ,3. Strategy formulation, 4. strategy implementation and 5. strategy evaluation. To help understand I am going to attempt to carry out a SWOT analysis on my local cricket club. A SWOT  analysis is part of strategic analysis and is essential in examining an organizations strategic position from inside and outside. It identifies the strength , weakness, opportunities and threats that an organization faces.
East Fremantle Cricket club SWOT analysis
Strengths:  strong player base, recent on field success, young committed committee, steady  revenue through bar proceeds.
Weakness:  dissent among leaders at club, old and run down club rooms, lack or co-ordination with junior club
Opportunities:  long term sponsorship,  proposals for construction on club room redevelopment
Threats: harsher restrictions on trading hours,  new club established in near suburb that could potentially poach juniors

Week 4: Uniqueness of Sports Management and Planning, Swinburne university of technology, viewed  26/11/2012) 

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