SPMT 260 Exam 1 (Ch. 1,2,20)
Clubs - correct answer Sport management structures composed of a limited number of members who
organize events, standardize rules, and settle disputes.
James G. Mason and Walter O'Malley - correct answer Co-inventors of the idea of a sport management
curriculum.
Fred Corcoran - correct answer The architect of the professional golf tournament.
Jockey Club - correct answer -Newmarket, England
-1850
-Settle disputes, establish rules, determine eligibility, designate officials, regulate breeding, and punish
unscrupulous participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing
Leagues - correct answer A profit-oriented legal and business entity organized so that teams can
compete against each other, but also operate together in areas such as rule making, broadcasting,
licensing, and marketing
Modern Olympic Games - correct answer An international athletic event, started in 1896, based on
ancient Greek athletic games.
National Association of Professional Baseball Players - correct answer A group of professional baseball
teams formed in 1871; any ball club that was willing to pay its elite players could join.
National League of Professional Baseball Players - correct answer The successor to the National
Association of Professional Baseball Players; formed in 1876, it was a stronger body in which authority
for the management of baseball rested.
Pierre de Coubertin - correct answer Founder of the modern Olympics.
Baseball - correct answer First sport to adopt a league system
, SPMT 260 Exam 1 (Ch. 1,2,20)
Cincinnati Red Stockings - correct answer first professional baseball team
William Hulbert - correct answer The "Czar of Baseball"; he developed the National League of
Professional Baseball Players
Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) - correct answer A specialized accrediting
body launched by NASSM and NASPE that promotes and recognizes excellence in sport management
education in colleges and universities at the bachelor and graduate levels.
Ohio University - correct answer The first university to establish a master's program in sport
management, in 1966.
Herean Games - correct answer Female version of ancient olympics.
Emotional Intelligence - correct answer The ability of workers to identify and acknowledge people's
emotions and, instead of having an immediate emotional response, to take a step back and allow
rational thought to influence their actions.
Empowerment - correct answer The encouragement of employees to use their initiative and make
decisions within their areas of operations, and the provision of resources to enable them to do so.
Human Relations Movement - correct answer Management theory focusing on the behavior and
motivations of people in the workplace.
Goal of sport managers - correct answer To get workers to do what the manager wants in an efficient
and cost-effective manner
Management theory evolved through two phases - correct answer scientific management and human
relations movement
Scientific Management - correct answer -"Taylorism"
Clubs - correct answer Sport management structures composed of a limited number of members who
organize events, standardize rules, and settle disputes.
James G. Mason and Walter O'Malley - correct answer Co-inventors of the idea of a sport management
curriculum.
Fred Corcoran - correct answer The architect of the professional golf tournament.
Jockey Club - correct answer -Newmarket, England
-1850
-Settle disputes, establish rules, determine eligibility, designate officials, regulate breeding, and punish
unscrupulous participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing
Leagues - correct answer A profit-oriented legal and business entity organized so that teams can
compete against each other, but also operate together in areas such as rule making, broadcasting,
licensing, and marketing
Modern Olympic Games - correct answer An international athletic event, started in 1896, based on
ancient Greek athletic games.
National Association of Professional Baseball Players - correct answer A group of professional baseball
teams formed in 1871; any ball club that was willing to pay its elite players could join.
National League of Professional Baseball Players - correct answer The successor to the National
Association of Professional Baseball Players; formed in 1876, it was a stronger body in which authority
for the management of baseball rested.
Pierre de Coubertin - correct answer Founder of the modern Olympics.
Baseball - correct answer First sport to adopt a league system
, SPMT 260 Exam 1 (Ch. 1,2,20)
Cincinnati Red Stockings - correct answer first professional baseball team
William Hulbert - correct answer The "Czar of Baseball"; he developed the National League of
Professional Baseball Players
Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) - correct answer A specialized accrediting
body launched by NASSM and NASPE that promotes and recognizes excellence in sport management
education in colleges and universities at the bachelor and graduate levels.
Ohio University - correct answer The first university to establish a master's program in sport
management, in 1966.
Herean Games - correct answer Female version of ancient olympics.
Emotional Intelligence - correct answer The ability of workers to identify and acknowledge people's
emotions and, instead of having an immediate emotional response, to take a step back and allow
rational thought to influence their actions.
Empowerment - correct answer The encouragement of employees to use their initiative and make
decisions within their areas of operations, and the provision of resources to enable them to do so.
Human Relations Movement - correct answer Management theory focusing on the behavior and
motivations of people in the workplace.
Goal of sport managers - correct answer To get workers to do what the manager wants in an efficient
and cost-effective manner
Management theory evolved through two phases - correct answer scientific management and human
relations movement
Scientific Management - correct answer -"Taylorism"
