...Potential Careers in Sports Management Esther Cole University of Incarnate Word This is my very first course in sports management and I have learned that there are many paths I could take once I graduate. Right now it is too early to feel passionate about any one career path. I will discuss various careers in sports management and I how feel about them now as I am just starting out. I hope to look back at this paper when I am finished and see if my views and opinions have changed. The Number of students who decide to get a MBA in sports management has grown significantly since the recession. A Ba in sports management was not producing jobs that many hopeful students thought it would. The sports industry was not immune to the recession like many people thought. Some people thought that the sports business would never feel the effects of the recession but they were wrong. Both the NBA and the NFL cut jobs during the recession and this caused a ripple effect with new graduates. They were forced to take low paying jobs working in the industry but as ticket sellers or working in the concessions. Still others who felt there was no other option took unpaid internships in the hope of landing a job afterward (Belson, 2009). Sports management degrees date back to the 1970’s with a rocky start. The degree was not seen as legitimate, “many academics mocked them for teaching how to mix Gatorade” (Wecker, 2011). The program has come a long way and has advanced into a masters level and...
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...Executive summary This report is based on the company known as Wiggle which is the UK’s no 1 online cycle and Tri- sports retailer This report introduces wiggle company with a brief description of its history. The literature review of the report is about the supply chain and value chain of the business. The literature review describes about the supply chain and how the information technology affects the supply chain of the business. It also deals with the current strategy of wiggle and how the strategy is achieved with the future plans. In addition the report helps to find out the affiliation of wiggle to other companies and the advantages of the affiliation model. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: 3 1.1 Aim: 3 1.2. Objectives: 3 2. Literature review: 4 2.1. Information Technology and Supply chain: 4 2.1.1. Impact of Information technology on purchase: 4 2.1.2. Impact of Information Technology on Operation: 5 2.1.3. Impact of Information Technology on Logistic: 5 2.1.4. Impact of Information Technology on Customer relationship: 5 2.1.5. Impact of Information Technology on Firm: 5 2.2. Value chain: 6 2.3. Business models: 6 2.4. Strategy of wiggle: 7 2.5. Affiliation of wiggle: 7 3. Conclusion: 9 4. Bibliography: 10 1. Introduction: The history of wiggle can be traced from the small independent shop called butler cycle which was established in 1920s.According to wiggle website (2013) Mitch Dall took the property of butler cycles located...
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...Marketing Management Plan (Week 1 IP) 3 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Process Plan (Week 2 IP) 5 Data-Driven Web Analytics Plan (Week 3 IP) 8 Business Strategic Goals Statements 8 Action Plans 9 Define the necessary benchmarks 10 Define a time frame for achieving the strategic goals. 10 Search Engine Optimization Plan (Week 4 IP) 11 Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Plan (Week 5 IP) 11 References 12 Enterprise Marketing Management Plan (Week 1 IP) Throwback is a company the focuses on sports attire from the past. They create customizable jerseys from teams or designs that are no longer used. There are sports teams that are no longer in existence such as the Houston Oilers or the Seattle Supersonics that will have several jerseys to choose from, representing their biggest stars or for an additional fee they can customize the name and number to themselves or a different player. All teams have changed their jersey design over time and nostalgic fans love to purchase jerseys from their youth. This service will also be available. Offline marketing is conducted through free catalog mailings twice a year focusing on the sports that are active at the time or starting their seasons soon. Ads to sign up for the free catalog are published in “The Sporting News”, “Sports Illustrated”, and “The USA Today”. Three of the best print selling sources for sports information in the country. In addition, there is a Throwback store located in the Mall of America to display our finest...
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...Strategy development by using SWOT - AHP Dijana Oreski1 1 Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Pavlinska 2, Varazdin, Croatia Abstract –This paper employs combination of SWOT analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in strategic planning for tourism of small mid-european city Varazdin, which is located in the north west of Croatia. SWOT analysis identifies internal and external factors which are prioritized by expert in tourism domain by means of AHP. The prioritized SWOT factors are used in strategies formulation using TOWS matrix. Results indicate that proactive communication strategy and isolation strategy with effective marketing promotional strategy were the best strategies that could have been implemented. Keywords – SWOT, AHP, strategy formulation. cases in the strategic management process. One of them is the SWOT analysis. This article explains the SWOT analysis, provides the theoretical background and an overview of the application of the SWOT analysis. As some authors have identified weaknesses of the SWOT, analysis is combined with a method for multi-criteria decision analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in order to avoid these disadvantages. Therefore, in the second part of the paper AHP method and SWOT AHP hybrid method are described. Following the basic steps method, SWOT AHP is applied to the example of the city of Varazdin strategic marketing plan definition. 2. SWOT analysis SWOT is an acronym of strength, weakness, opportunities...
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...amount of data being handled and processed has increased tremendously. Big Data analytics plays a very significant part in reducing the size of the data as well as the complexity in applications that are being used for Big Data. Big Data Visualization is an important approach in creating meaningful visuals and graphical representations from the Big Data that help in better decision making and that give a clear insight into the data. Visualization, Big Data, Big Data Visualization, data visualization techniques are some of the topics that are discussed in this paper and examples for visualizations have been presented as well. Keywords— Visualization, Data processing, Data analytics, Big Data, Interactive visualizations. I. VISUALIZATION...
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...NEW GREEN September 19, 2015 Dr. James Case I USA Today K90000787 1 Case 1- USA Today Kimberley Hutchinson K90000787 INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Current Marketing Objectives, Strategy and Performance Gannett Co., Inc. began USA Today in 1982 by filling a gap in the newspaper industry. Gannett wanted their paper to provide more news about more subjects in a short time frame. The two trends they took advantage of were catering to adults who had short attention spans and who were nurtured on television. These consumers wanted different information from their newspapers. The readers wanted quick, clear, fact-filled stories that were arranged with subheads, breakouts, informational graphics and that were easy to read. This is what Gannett delivered with USA Today. While the readers’ wants have differed over the years, the paper has kept up. In 1994, the paper upgraded to cover more serious topics and added reader-opinion polls and hot-line numbers. The readers were able to call the lines to obtain additional information on topics they were interested in. In 1995, there was a lull in readership; they began to see the need for more technological data required by consumers. USAToday.com was born and met that need. USA Today and USAToday.com have 5.3 million daily readers with $1.8 million paid subscriptions. Today, USA Today has the largest print circulation with over 1.8 million copies daily and 3.2 million daily readers. They also have the highest volume...
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...COMMODITIES 5. MUNICIPALS 6. CURRENCIES 7. EQUITIES 8. PORTFOLIOS 27 31 39 48 54 65 70 80 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1. SUPPLEMENTARY SCREENS 2. IMPORTANT BLOOMBERG TELEPHONE NUMBERS 3. REFERENCES 84 85 82 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015 Page 2 of 84 05/18/2004 Created by Michael von Orelli INTRODUCTION Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015 Page 3 of 84 05/18/2004 Created by Michael von Orelli 1. Introduction Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Bloomberg Financial Markets THE BLOOMBERG provides 24-hour instant, accurate and current financial, economical and political information covering all market sectors. It also provides analytics, historical data, up-to-the minute news reports, economic statistics and political commentaries. We have our own news bureau and have been able to integrate news with analytics. THE BLOOMBERG is menu driven, interactive, user friendly and can be customized to fit every investment strategy and informational need. The system is constantly being upgraded and enhanced and, whenever possible, customer suggestions are incorporated into the system. The following will get you started and pave the way for you to explore the powerful and incredible world of BLOOMBERG. Tools Available To Learn The Bloomberg: All Training Is Free • LEARN / BU On-line, multimedia talking tours through Bloomberg functions. Type LEARN on...
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...November 13, 2013 Mental Imagery and Its Limitations Mental imagery is described as experience occurs without the presence of specific stimuli for the appropriate perception. Many professionals in sports training to achieve better performances have applied mental imagery as a technique. This idea has been there in sports for many years, however, it is recently being incorporated into sports training. As a psychological process intended to improve performance of athletes, it has presented positive results while other athletes have reported negative results from the visualization process. This paper aims to unearth whether indeed imagery is research founded or just a matter of popular psychology. Many researches that have been carried out by various experts explicitly indicate that the visualization concept is beneficial to sports. Mental imagery as a visualization technique has successfully aided to improve the performance of athletes. Studies conducted on imagery during the twentieth century have had inconsistent results due factors such as unavailability of reliable controls and subjects. However, recent studies on mental imagery have had sufficient evidence to suggest that it can improve performance of various sports. Finke carried out a meta-analytic research of sixty studies aimed at examining effect of mental practice on control conditions. The results from average effect sizes indicated that the practice of imagery influence performance more than without...
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...Abstract This paper explores the origin of wire services, major new agencies providing those services, and the evolution of the service over its history. Wire services are necessary for the facilitation of news internationally. The methods of providing news from a wire service, or news agency, to other newspaper, periodical, radio, television, or other communication outlet has evolved throughout history. This paper explores the humble beginnings of wire services and highlights several of the major wire service providers, including Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), United Press International, Agence France Presse (AFP), and Bloomberg. The Evolution of Wire Services: Then and Now Wire services are integral components of international communication. Also referred to as a news agency, a wire service is an organization “that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission (Mish, 1997).” With origins dating back to the early 1850s (McPhail, 2010), wire services have not always conducted communication transfers with advanced technology like satellite transmissions. From telegraphy to teleprinters to radio, the process of getting news from a wire service to its dependent news and other providers has evolved substantially throughout the years. The conception and continued modernization of wire services can be attributed to various agency titans, including Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), United Press International, Agence France Presse (AFP)...
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...Business AnAlytics And intelligence Course Starting: 29 June 2014 Application Deadline: Early Decision 28 February 2014 Regular Decision 15 April 2014 (Batch 5) (Classes conducted on-campus as well as off-campus) Certificate Programme on Business Analytics and Intelligence BATCH 5 in god We trust, All Others Must Bring data - W edwards deming he theory of bounded rationality proposed by nobel laureate Herbert Simon is evermore significant today with increasing complexity of the business problems; limited ability of human mind to analyze alternative solutions and the limited time available for decision making. introduction of enterprise resource planning (eRP) systems has ensured availability of data in many organizations; however, traditional eRP systems lacked data analysis capabilities that can assist the management in decision making. Business Analytics is a set of techniques and processes that can be used to analyse data to improve business performance through fact-based decision making. Business Analytics is the subset of Business intelligence, which creates capabilities for companies to compete in the market effectively. Business Analytics is likely to become one of the main functional areas in most companies. Analytics companies develop the ability to support their decisions through analytic reasoning using a variety of statistical and mathematical techniques. thomas devonport in his book titled, “competing on analytics: the new science of winning”, claims...
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...Top Careers & You™ Economy/Business Wipro Tied up with Kana Software to Service Global Insurers General Knowledge GK Notes - September 1 Wipro Ltd. signed agreement with the US-based Kana Software to provide customer service solutions to its global insurers through a joint development centre. The agreement provides Kana with systems integration scalability, as Wipro has presence across 57 countries worldwide. Kana Software has its headquarters in California. It provides customer service solutions using cloud computing network to about 900 enterprises and mid-market organisations, which includes 250 government agencies all over the world. RBI Issued Norms for Currency Swap Window The Reserve Bank of India issued norms for currency swap window from Mumbai. The Reserve Bank also cleared that the facility of currency swap would be made available to scheduled commercial banks (excluding regional rural banks) for fresh Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank (FCNRB) deposits, which would be mobilised for a minimum tenure of three years. The Reserve Bank also mentioned that the deposits can be made in any permitted currency, but the swaps would be made available only in dollars. The Swap Window would remain functional and under operations on all working days at Mumbai on daily basis but a particular bank can access the facility of currency swap only once in a week. The Swap Window would remain operation from 10 September to 30 November 2013. th th Currency Swap A foreign...
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...basketball players improve their shooting. Problem/Purpose/Engineering Goals We are trying to create a technology. The purpose for doing this is that when people are practicing basketball, unless they want to create a new diagram every single time on paper and track where they shot from and whether or not they made the shot, they don’t receive feedback on their shooting percentage or anything like that. There is a mental part to playing basketball, and if someone knows that he is consistently improving his shot every day, then he will be more confident while playing and an overall better player. Our project hopes to make the shot tracking process easier and less time consuming. Background There’s always room to improve in basketball so our objective is to create a tool that will help optimize the rate of development of one’s shooting skill. While this technology already currently exists, we are trying to improve upon it to build a more efficient implementation while making sure that it does not provide obstructions to progress. We will do this by making sure our device isn’t bulky and doesn’t distract the shooter, and we will also provide more detailed shot analytics. Basketball is an internationally known sport with a very large following in the National Basketball Association and...
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...Communication and Collaboration Paper Kimberly Johnson Gen.200/BSB918 09/12/2011 Thomas Volmar Communication and Collaboration Communication and Collaboration among individuals of different learning styles and personalities is important not only in a professional environment but also in society. Learning styles differ from person to person. Different learning styles are often the result among individuals with different types of each. Different personality styles thrown together can either clash or compliment. Personality is the first thing one person notices about another when communicating with them and learning the different strengths about each personality type can help to improve communication and collaboration. There are three different learning and personality styles that I will talk about. Verbal/Linguistic “Verbal Linguistic is the ability to communicate through language, listening, reading, writing, and speaking” (Keys to College Studying Chapt. 2). In order to communicate and collaborate effectively each team member must use their strengths to make up for another’s weakness. Those with Verbal Linguistic strengths can effectively communicate in writing and can also use persuasion. Teachers can also help their students by having them keep journals, play word games, and use discussion in the class room. Interpersonal “Interpersonal is the ability to relate to others, noticing their moods, motivations, feelings, social activity...
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...March 24, 2015 Case Study #1 Volkswagen Group Prepared By: Team 2 Alejandra Alvarez Amanda Kilroy Ryan Musante Bastian Steppin The Volkswagen Group (VW), based in Wolfsburg, Germany, is one of the largest automakers in the world. Comprised of twelve different brands, the automaker maintains a global presence, with more than 100 factories across Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa. The company sells its cars in 153 countries. As the world’s 8th largest employer, it has 592,586 workers who produce close to 41,000 vehicles every weekday. Volkswagen boasts many notable strengths, such as strong brand identity (in all 12 of the their brands), dedication to creating customer satisfaction, and excellence in design and engineering. The secret to their success, however, truly lies in their avid dedication to improving efficiency. As efficiency increases, production volume rises, and costs shrink. Throughout their supply chain there have been countless efforts, both large and small, to improve processes, speed up, and lower costs for virtually all tasks that are required to put vehicles into the hands of customers worldwide. Corporate Structure Volkswagen’s corporate structure appears to violate the conventional wisdom of the automotive industry. Firstly, they have a large assortment of brands, each running as its own entity. Each has its own board of directors, and its own annual reports. The brands cater to different markets, either in terms...
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...preferences and productivity factors (ability, skill level, education, experience, etc.), the highest paying jobs would be the most a.|prestigious.| b.|convenient.| c.|undesirable.| d.|easily learned.| ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic TOP: Why Do Earnings Differ? KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension MSC: Suggested Quiz 2. Automated production methods are only attractive when they a.|are undertaken in heavily unionized sectors of the economy.| b.|reduce per-unit costs.| c.|replace workers.| d.|decrease labor productivity.| ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic TOP: The Link between Productivity and Earnings KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension MSC: Suggested Quiz 3. The fact that some people will work hard to earn a lot of money while others will be content with much less income indicates that a.|worker preferences are an important source of earning differentials.| b.|economics ranks one set of worker preferences as more desirable than another.| c.|some people can be paid less for doing hard work while others have to be paid a premium for doing a similar task.| d.|skill levels of laborers are a minor consideration in wage rate determination.| ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic TOP: Why Do Earnings Differ? KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension MSC: Suggested Quiz 4. Which of the following is most likely to reduce the nominal market wage in a job category? a.|The job requires employees to work the night shift from 11 p.m...
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