Recreation 483-Mngmt. in Sport & Recreation / Rachel Bartle

Recreation 483

Management in Sport & Recreation

This course examines the principles, procedures, techniques, and strategies essential to successfully manage human resources, finances and marketing in sport, fitness, recreation and leisure service organizations.

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The Fundamentals of Good Management...

cartoon There are many aspects of principals and procedures that go into good management. To be able to manage and lead a team one needs to have the following abilities:

    1. Be willing to hire and fire. In any field a company needs to have a strong team to be successful. A good manager is able to replace people when needed to make the team and the company successful.
    2. Create a productive environment. A good manager knows how to present all of its employees with a workplace environment that not only allows them to flourish according to the company's success but allows each employee to feel valued in their work, which will lead to more productivity in the workplace.
    3. Communication. A good manager knows how to communicate to one's employees. Communication isn't just about talking but more on listening to what one's employees value, need and want out of a company.
    4. Allow your employees to flourish to their full potential. Give your employees the chance to learn as many skills as possible. Not only will employees feel challenged but they will feel appreciated as they are given more roles, responsibilities, and tasks to complete which may not included in one's job description.
    5. Build morale. Give employees a sense of importance of what they're working on. Demonstrate and practice what it takes to be a good employee and reward employees when they do things right.
    6. Be willing to take on responsibilities and tasks. Take on tasks that are not attractive to doing in the workplace. Let your employees see that you may be their manager, yet you are a part of the team and are willing to lend a hand where needed.
    These six traits are only some of the many traits it takes to be a good manager. By following these one will not only become a good manager but will gain respect from their employees' once an employee knows they can count on you to make good decisions, not only for the company but for each employee as well.

My future as a manager...

I plan to not only use the above traits of a good manager in my own future but in my everyday life. I feel that throughout my college career I have been shown the many traits to be successful in whatever areas of life I may encounter. I believe that practicing good management skills and work ethic one will grow, not only as a person but in their career as well. Anyone can be a manager, but there are only some people who are GOOD managers, not only some of the time but every day of their life. I feel that the best managers don't take credit for the success of one's business but instead give credit to their employees. Along with this, a good manager LISTENS to their employee's and will do whatever they can to help out and make one's time working a little more enjoyable.

3 Most Important aspects of recreation & sport management

The three most important aspects of recreation & sport management that I feel are essential are:

1. Appreciate diversity within your group. The best thing a manager can do is to value every employees' differences and to use them to the company's advantage.

2. Let your team, employees, etc. figure small problems out for themselves to the best extent they possible can without your help. Understand when you (as a manager) are needed and when you're not. Give your employees a chance to feel valued, appreciated, and challenged for the work they do and the solutions they come up with without a manager's help.

3. LISTEN to your employees needs, wants, concerns, etc.!!!! Nothing is more important than being a good listener. If a manger can listen not only will they understand their employees but the employees will feel like they really do care about their issues, problems, work, etc.

'Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.' -Confucius, Chinese philosopher 551BC-479BC

'Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.' -George S. Patton

'The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me never say "I". And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I". They don't think "I". They think "we"; they think "team". They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit...This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.' -Peter Drucker-

Rachel Bartle