SPMA 1P91- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 26 pages long!)

• School: Brock University
• Department: Sport Management
• Course: SPMA 1P91
• Professor: Nicholas Burton

Document Summary

"sport management is the study and practice of all people, activities, businesses, or organizations involved in producing, facilitating, promoting or organizing any sport-related business or product. " (text, p. 7-8) An academic discipline, just like chemistry or history. Focus on theory developed through research conducted by social sciences researchers (professors/ grad students/etc) Managers within the sport industry manage their organizations/programs/etc. on a daily basis. Sport management taught in university setting must balance both academic theory and real-world practitioner relevance. All 5 tasks are couched within 2 general clusters of skill sets: Working with media, developing publications, advertising, etc. ) publications, advertising, etc. ) Critical thinking is the backbone of all of these skills. Critical thinking is the systematic evaluation of arguments through careful thinking that helps us move forward in a continual search to improve our opinions, decisions, and judgements. (text, p. 21) To evaluate someone reasoning, consider asking the seven critical thinking questions.