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SPEX-209 EXAMS PART 1 PREP GUIDE 2025-2026, Exams of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

SPEX-209 EXAMS PART 1 PREP GUIDE 2025-2026

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SPEX-209 EXAMS PART 1 PREP GUIDE

ctor: Professional teams, private fitness providers Private Si ANSWEF-Hierarchies: clear line of authority ways of governance - Markets: fostering competition and encouraging consumer choice Networks: fostering partnerships and collaberation Bureaucracy - CORRECT ANSWEF-traditional authority, power, domination. Max Weber Bureaucratic organisations - CORR. hierarchial authority unily of command based on formal rules recruitment on basis of ability and technical knowledge criticism of bureaucracy - CORR. ‘ER-appropriate for routine tasks but not for non- routine activities. neglects informal relations why do we need bureaucracy? - CORRECT ANSWER-provides accountability provides stability of outputs entific method/taylorism - CORRECT ANSWER-one best way to organise work based on scientific methods of observation and deduction. Time and motion studi s: quickest time and fewest number of motions for task most tinkered with dimensions of organisational structure - CORRECT ANSWER- Specialization, formalization & centralization specialisation - Advantages: Experts get things done faster, specialists may be accountable to their professional associations, in-depth knowledge developed. Disadvantages: coordination problems, cost, dehumanizing for workers formalisalion how formal mechanisms govern the operation of an organisation. Mechani: rules or procedures, job descriptions, policics. Formalization - ‘R-Advaniages: casicr Lo monitor cmployecs. inputs/outputs, transparency. Disadvantages: minimum standard required, goal displacoment and counting problems centralization - ‘decisions made at top or by central authority - better coordination, more experience at higher levels, decentralization - CORRE! ‘EF-decisions made at. lower levels, decisions made [rom ground up. New Public management (NPM) - CORRECT ANSWER-Dis-aggregating and decentralizing public bureaucracies. Govt should s timeline of structural changes - CORR! govt council 1987: Hillary commission founded as crown corporation 2002: HC, NZSF, OTSP form SPARC 2011: HPSNZ formed centralized control - C' ‘ANSWER-Advantages: helps by aligning goals and objectives, allows for cental agency to lead Disadvantages: Signals govt control over sport structural features to tinker with - Laws, rules, policies, player associations/mions when orgs ‘join up’ they are? - CORRECT ANSWEF-broad-scoped and multi-purposed reasons lor orgs ‘uncoupling’ - Lo become Lighter focused and specialised advantag s for uncoupling - CORR! ‘ER-casior Lo operale wilh a single purpose, matches belief in specialization and expertise advantages for joining up - CORRECT ANSWER-better coordination between related units, matches belief thal problems are be: d when things are aligned and inlegraled ‘R-1973: originally two bodies: govt and non- what do NSQs do?- CORRECT ANSWER-Owners of sporting codes, establish and enforce rules of sport, select national teams, organise events. distribute funds to RSOs common issues for NSOs - CORRECT ANSWEF-historical reliance of public sector funding. internal and external demands for pro sional administration (modemisation, formalisation) NSO changes since 2000 - C (internal accountability) WER-Before: block funding, sports own sports Now: investment, external accountability structural changes in NSOs - employment of paid staff, specialisation, formalisation, board refroms taskforce (2001) - CORRECT ANSWER-recommends funding on contestability, measurability, acountability mechanisms of change - CORRECT ANSWER-Coercive pressures: orgs change because of threat. -from funding agencies or legal enviornment Potential resull: change in reporting, structural change. Normative pressures: orgs change to become consistent with structures. e.g, professional association networks, feminist advocacy. Mimetic pressures: orgs change to mimic successful organisations because they dont know what todo College sport by law - CORRECT ANSWER- sport comp for 12 months un. Students who move schools cant play top level old school gives permission SSSAs? - CORRECT ANSWER-Focus on helping high performance students excel in their chosen sport Delphi method - CORRE’ ER-panel of experts, 3 rounds of questionnaires what do players, clubs and leagues generally want? Profit & player development objectives of sports groups - CORRECT ANSWER-Spectators: uncertainty of outcome, significan NSOs: international snecess, high quality domestic competition, player development. Major Clu much as possible. llowed Lo recruit best players, regular home games, inlernational stars playing as Broadcasters: max viewers/subscribers, create attractive tv packages. Minor Clubs: player development, maintain comp at sub-national level. Solutions for ensuring competitive balance - CORRECT ANSWER-rew broadcasLors monics shared, salary caps, player drafts, limits of forcign transfers nue sharing, media and alternatives to salary caps - CORRECT. franchises hold player contracts ANSWER-privately owned professional franchis problems for teams in pro sport - CORRECT ANSWEF-Inequity and imbalance between teams, arising from different market sizes. Solution: salary caps, rules around eligibility for national teams Issues player unions and leagues have to work out - ‘Salary competitiveness, sponsorship rights and use of player images, leagues balance to equalise club costs further issues/dilemmas - CORRECT A. what sport events do broadcasters want most? - CORRECT ANSWER-ones tied with national identities and nation building what did sky do to provide free coverage of rugby - CORRECT ANSWER-Sky purchases prime and sell rights for delayed rugby covcrage Lo prime. Nov 2005 anli-syphoning laws - CORR. ER-stop broadcasters from rights to significant sports events consequences of setting targets and performance measures? - CORRECT ANSWER-intended: produce info about targets, standards and benchmarks to assist in managerial decisions Unintended: gaming behaviours, focus on hitting mark instead or true potential kiwisport - CORR! and rec * ANSWER programme aimed at increasing youth participation in sport Sportfit organise sport sisted secondary schools by appointing sport coordinators to comps and training opportunities Sportville - clubs encourages to share facilities rescources and admin expertise