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Review the video on the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. What lessons can be learned regarding project management leadership? Risk management?
Provide a detailed description of how 2 of the items found above in Operational Issues and Actions could be resolved.
Retail and sale prices. Sale prices in a department store are obtained by marking down the retail price by 15%.
Team One of the best ways to understand interview dynamics and to develop confidence is to role-play the parts of interviewer and candidate in a mock interview.
Do managers’ attitudes and expectations affect employee motivation and performance? Explain your answer.
What are the three major classes of motivation theories? 13. What are the four content motivation theories?
What are the two factors in two-factor theory? What is the role of perception in equity theory?
What type of motivation do you think Al uses with his players? Do you know any sport organizations that use Al’s motivating techniques?
Based on your responses to the Self-Assessment on page 375, are you a theory X or a theory Y leader? What is leadership and why is it important?
Why do you think most sport management studies have focused on the leadership skills of coaches instead of those of athletic administrators?
Describe and compare the four leadership styles of the path–goal model of leadership.
Using “leadership” and “sport” as your key words, use www.scholar.google.com to search for the top five listed academic journal articles.
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.
Who are the primary customers or stakeholders for the outputs of operations, marketing, human resources, finance, and MIS departments?
List the three constant-control methods, the three periodic-control methods, and the four occasional-control methods.
What are the three steps in the master budgeting process? Why is the capital budget the most important budget?
What are the three activities of management by walking around, and what is the role of facilitating?
Name the major ratio measures in finance, marketing, and human resources and explain what they measure.
What are the five planning dimensions? What is the difference between a policy, a procedure, and a rule?
What is the mission of the University of Southern Mississippi National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security?
What are the most likely major opportunities and threats to be concerned about in sport management in the next few years?
Bobby Knight is not an easy coach to fathom. One of the youngest coaches ever to achieve 700 wins in NCAA basketball.
Could the USADA use mediation to solve some of its conflicts? Can college athletes use stress management to improve their performance?
What factors determine job satisfaction? Are they of equal importance to everyone?