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KINS 4830 UGA Dr. Rose Exam 1 Study
Guide.
Sport Governance - answer✔✔The exercise of power and authority in sport organizations,
including policy making, to determine organizational mission, membership, eligibility and
regulatory power, within the organization's appropriate local, national, or international scope
Macro view of sport orgs; decisions set tone for entire org
Attributes of an Organization - answer✔✔Identity, program of activity, membership, clear
boundaries, permanency, division of labor, hierarchy of authority, formal rules and procedures
Identity - answer✔✔Established by name of team; have separate corporate identity also
Program of Activity - answer✔✔Implies that an org has certain set of goals it wishes to achieve
and that these goals are tied to its mission and its successful business operation
Membership - answer✔✔Orgs have set rules about membership
Clear Boundaries - answer✔✔Published, league-approved rosters; can be easily verified
Permanency - answer✔✔True orgs have relative permanency even though members come and
go
Division of Labor - answer✔✔Labor is divided among members; illustrated with organizational
charts
Hierarchy of Authority - answer✔✔Who reports to who; also illustrated in organizational chart
Formal Rules & Procedures - answer✔✔Constitutions, bylaws, and operational manuals
Regulatory Power - answer✔✔An ability to enforce rules and impose punishments (sanctions) if
necessary; different governing bodies possess this power to different degrees
5 R's of Good Governance - answer✔✔1. Regulations
2. Rules
3. Rankings
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4. Records
5. Results
Regulations - answer✔✔Systems that report organizational governance structures, constitutions,
legal control mechanisms, event selection criteria, and codes of eligibility, conduct, and ethics
Rules - answer✔✔Systems that report technical rules for the officiating and management of the
respective sport's competitive events
Rankings - answer✔✔Systems that report and place athlete/team performances based on results
and competitive criteria into numerical order from first to last place
Records - answer✔✔Systems that report the best performances ever accomplished by
athletes/teams within competitions, time periods, or overall
Results - answer✔✔Systems that report the final standings and performance statistics from
competitions
Sport Organizations - answer✔✔Made up of distinct units with varying degrees if authority and
responsibility
General Assemblies - answer✔✔Primary governing body of an org (Congress or General
Business Meeting); volunteers typically; convenes on regular basis; vote as a group on
legislation, rules, policies, and procedures; elects officers and has standing committees assigned
specific tasks
Robert's Rules of Order - answer✔✔1. Call to order
2. Approval of the minutes of previous meeting
3. Committee reports
4. Old business
5. New business
6. Announcements
7. A call to adjourn the meeting
Executive Committees, Governing Boards, & Management Councils - answer✔✔Small subsets
of an organization's General Assembly; 5-20 members to serve on Executive Committee ("real
power", generates the agenda action items that the General Assembly votes on); meets more
frequently (2-3 times a year)
KINS 4830 UGA Dr. Rose Exam 1 Study
Guide.
Sport Governance - answer✔✔The exercise of power and authority in sport organizations,
including policy making, to determine organizational mission, membership, eligibility and
regulatory power, within the organization's appropriate local, national, or international scope
Macro view of sport orgs; decisions set tone for entire org
Attributes of an Organization - answer✔✔Identity, program of activity, membership, clear
boundaries, permanency, division of labor, hierarchy of authority, formal rules and procedures
Identity - answer✔✔Established by name of team; have separate corporate identity also
Program of Activity - answer✔✔Implies that an org has certain set of goals it wishes to achieve
and that these goals are tied to its mission and its successful business operation
Membership - answer✔✔Orgs have set rules about membership
Clear Boundaries - answer✔✔Published, league-approved rosters; can be easily verified
Permanency - answer✔✔True orgs have relative permanency even though members come and
go
Division of Labor - answer✔✔Labor is divided among members; illustrated with organizational
charts
Hierarchy of Authority - answer✔✔Who reports to who; also illustrated in organizational chart
Formal Rules & Procedures - answer✔✔Constitutions, bylaws, and operational manuals
Regulatory Power - answer✔✔An ability to enforce rules and impose punishments (sanctions) if
necessary; different governing bodies possess this power to different degrees
5 R's of Good Governance - answer✔✔1. Regulations
2. Rules
3. Rankings
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4. Records
5. Results
Regulations - answer✔✔Systems that report organizational governance structures, constitutions,
legal control mechanisms, event selection criteria, and codes of eligibility, conduct, and ethics
Rules - answer✔✔Systems that report technical rules for the officiating and management of the
respective sport's competitive events
Rankings - answer✔✔Systems that report and place athlete/team performances based on results
and competitive criteria into numerical order from first to last place
Records - answer✔✔Systems that report the best performances ever accomplished by
athletes/teams within competitions, time periods, or overall
Results - answer✔✔Systems that report the final standings and performance statistics from
competitions
Sport Organizations - answer✔✔Made up of distinct units with varying degrees if authority and
responsibility
General Assemblies - answer✔✔Primary governing body of an org (Congress or General
Business Meeting); volunteers typically; convenes on regular basis; vote as a group on
legislation, rules, policies, and procedures; elects officers and has standing committees assigned
specific tasks
Robert's Rules of Order - answer✔✔1. Call to order
2. Approval of the minutes of previous meeting
3. Committee reports
4. Old business
5. New business
6. Announcements
7. A call to adjourn the meeting
Executive Committees, Governing Boards, & Management Councils - answer✔✔Small subsets
of an organization's General Assembly; 5-20 members to serve on Executive Committee ("real
power", generates the agenda action items that the General Assembly votes on); meets more
frequently (2-3 times a year)
