Critical Issues Of Sport Governance For Sport Hanlonstan: Policy Brief

The new nation of ‘Hanlonstan’ is highly interested in sport with many different clubs, state associations, and national organisations, but to this point, has been largely run by volunteers. However, Hanlonstan has provided all sport organisations with enough money to hire all the professional staff they need. With this influx of staff and professionalisation of sport, Sport Hanlonstan (the government’s sport body, similar to Sport Australia or Sport New Zealand) wants to create a new governance code to ensure sport organisations are governed effectively. Unfortunately, Sport Hanlonstan doesn’t know where to start! Knowing the skills and knowledge of Deakin students, Sport Hanlonstan has decided to reach out to you for help. More specifically, Sport Hanlonstan is looking for a report on the critical issues of sport governance from which they will create a sport governance code (like that of Sport England or the Mandatory Principles of Sport Australia).

Therefore, your task is to write a policy brief on sport governance for Sport Hanlonstan. The primary purpose is to identify core issues of sport governance and provide evidence with which Sport Hanlonstan can create their own code. You are not writing the code. Rather, you are preparing the background material for them to create their own sport governance code.

In preparing your brief, you can assume that Sport Hanlonston has a good foundation of the core principles of sport management, so you don’t need to provide much background on basic elements and background but rather, you need to focus on governance.

Core Issues of Sport Governance

According to Adriaanse and Schofield, (2013), Sport Governance is defined as the way in which the organizations related to the sport and other activities are managed and directed through a number of principles and ways. The importance of sports is very evident in the modern world of every country and even in in Hanlonstan which is quite active in the sports sector and has even invested a lot into it (Balduck, Van Rossem & Buelens, 2010). The sport scene of Hanlonstan is quite stable with both the government as well as the people of the country interested in the sports and activities related to its which interests the people related to it. The report is primarily a reference background material for the sport governance that is to be created by the sport authority of the Sport Hanlonstan. The following paragraphs highlight the identification of the core issues with the evidence of the issues in the sport sense. The critical governance factors that is there in the scene is also analysed with the developing principles for the good sport governance. The principles are also analysed in brief along with the required sense of the sport governance.

Identification of core issues of sport governance

According to the views of Doherty and Carron, (2003) sport governance has hit the ceiling due to the number of false reasons it has been subjected to fall due to the number of allegations faced by the sector. The core issues of the sport governance has been selected to make sure that the committee that is to be formed can have the upper hand on the issues. The core issues which the sport governance has to deal with to make sure that the committee is active in the sense are as follows –

Doping issues – Doping is defined as the intake of banned drugs by the sport people which can enhance the amount of activity that is done by the person. The doping drugs are mainly used to enhance the level of performance of the athletics and make sure that they are energetic for a longer period of time. According to the views stated by Herman and Renz, (2000), Doping is one of the prime problems in the sport sector which needs strict rules to counteract as it can lead to duplicity which is not required. The sport code which is to be built based on this has to have this law in it.

Doping issues

Political scene for sports – Sports is one of the things in a country that is directly affected by the political scenes of the country and which make sure to have impacts by the political scenes (Ferkins & Shilbury, 2015). The sport governance should be dedicatedly allowed to make sure that the political scene have a positive influence on the governance of the sport sector.

Autonomy issues – There are a number of sports that acquire autonomy in a country which make the other sports have lesser value in the due course. According to the views of Hamm-Kerwin and Doherty, (2010), the autonomy issues are pivotal to the sense that each of sport items are important in the sector and that each of the items are dedicated to the betterment of the sport scene.

Financial problems – The sports of the country face a number of financial problems in the sector as most of the people of the country do not feel the need to invest in the sports or any other form of activity as that can lead to a number of issues in the due course (Hoye & Cuskelly, 2003). Even the government sectors are not dedicated enough for the funding in the sports sector. The financial problems is definitely one of the most genuine problems in the matter.

Lack of enthusiasm – The lack of enthusiasm of the people of the country is definitely one of the biggest problems of the sport governance of the country. According to Doherty, Patterson and Van Bussel, (2004), the lack of enthusiasm is mainly due to the mental set up that clearly states that sports can be a hobby but not a career. The involvement of the lack of enthusiasm in the said case is also related to the fact that sports have to play an important matter in the said case.

Not taking the activity seriously – The activity of sports is related to the fact that the people who are hoping to consider the case are not able to take the matter seriously and also to the fact that the activity of sports are one of the major problems in the timeline of the people (Daily, Dalton & Cannella, 2003). In the heap of stringent lifestyle, the children who should be interested in sports are shying away from it.

There are a number of issues that are there for the Sport Hanlonstan which are evident in the sport conduct of Sport Hanlonstan. The evidence of the issues can be seen in a number of perspectives including the manpower and complexity of the situation in the concerned time (Daily, Dalton & Cannella, 2003). The evidence of the issues can be of the following types which affect not only the working of the governance of the party but also makes sure that there are evidence of issues of the same manner. The evidence of various issues are there in the governance authority of Sport Hanlonstan which are as follows –

Political scene for sports

Doping Issues – One of the principle issues that has been faced by Sport Hanlonstan is the doping issues that has caused severe backlash both by the authority as well as the government of Hanlonstan. According to Hoye and Cuskelly (2003), the doping issues is one of the most severe issues that is there in the organization as with the amount of doping, the people who are using the medicines are increasing which means that the honesty of the people is taking a back seat.

Lack of Human Resource – In the sport association of Hanlonstan, the lack of human resource is one of the major problems which means that there is less evidence of people who are interested in the infrastructure of the people in the concerned time span. The lack of human resource development in the sense is also one of the major issues that is there in the organization of Hanlonstan. According to O’Boyle and Shilbury, (2018) the human resource is one of the major tasks of the organization which is to examine the effectiveness of the organization. The lack of human resource department is to make sure that the people of the organization have the inclination towards a good human resource capital (Chelladurai, 1987).

Inconvenient infrastructure – The inconvenience of the infrastructure is one main problems of the Sport Hanlonstan which is one of the major problems of the sport organizations. The sport organization lacks the convenient infrastructure that is there the organization which means that due to the inconveniences in the whole lot, it is one of the major issue of the lot. According to the views of Doherty, Misener and Cuskelly, (2014) the infrastructural problem of the organization is one of the major instances of the inconvenient structure that is there concerned case. The inconvenient infrastructure leads to a number of problems that is there in the organization that is there in the place. This is one of the major issues of the Sport Hanlonstan.

Lack of funds – The luck of funds is one of the major issues of the sport organization which means that there is not enough funds for the concerned factor in the same manner. The lack of funds is one of the major issues as that reaches to the lack of appropriate infrastructural facility and also to the fact that that it leads to a number of other problems like lack of proper infrastructural developments (Golden-Biddle & Rao, 1997). The lack of funds is there in the concerned phase which means that that due to the lack of funds the working of the whole phase comes to a standstill as the lack of funds is there for the betterment of the organization. The lack of funds is one of the major issues of the whole scene.

Autonomy issues

Political interference – The political interference of the country is one of the major issues of the sport organizations which make sure that there are ample space in the working of the structure. The political interference of the country is one of the major instances in the case which means that there is an amount of negative influence on the people who are there in the authorities department. According to the views of Thibault, Slack and Hinings, (1991) the political interference of the fact is one of the major instances of the case which means that due to the political interference of the matters there is one of the major manners in the case. The political interference is one of the major issues that is there in the sport organization. The political interference of the organization is one of the major issues that needs to be catered in the following cases.

Lack of efficient and interested people for the work – Sport being one of the major organizations in which the lack of efficient and interested people for the work. According to the views stated by Kerwin, Doherty & Harman, (2011) the people who are engaged in the work of the sports are least engaged in the work as well as the governance of the place which is one of the major problems in the concerned sector. The lack of efficient and interested people to work for the organization is therefore posing one of the biggest threats for the sport organizations in Sport Hanlonstan.

Lack of leaders in the organization – The lack of leaders in the sport organization is one of the posing problems that is there in the concerned case. In accordance to the views of Holland and Jackson, (1998) the lack of leadership qualities is one of the major problems in the concerned sector which means that lack of leadership qualities is one of the major problems that is there in the sport organizations. The lack of leaders in Sport Hanlonstan is one of the major factors that is there which makes it one of the major issues that is arising in the sector of the sport industry.

The critical governance issues of Sport Hanlonstan is one of the major issues of the sector which means that there are a number of the problems that has been occurring in Sport Hanlonstan which cannot be solved by the provisions of the governance. The critical issues of the organizations have been mentioned in the previous paragraphs which has led to the fact that the issues could not be solved by the people who are leading the authorities organization. The Sport Hanlonstan is one of the major organizations in which there are a number of issues which hamper the working of the organization. The critical governance issues of the Sport Hanlonstan are as follows –

Financial problems

Lack of authority’s power – The lack of power of the authority is one of the primary issues of the critical governance sector. The issues in Sport Hanlonstan is one of the critical means of making sure that the authorities does not have the required forces to make sure that all the workings are being done in a concrete manner (Kikulis, Slack & Hinings, 1995).

Lack of decision making capabilities – The governance of Sport Hanlonstan is one of the most effective issues which is not capable of making appropriate decisions in the prolonged time span.

Lack of recruitment the right kind of staff – According to the views of Miller-Millesen, (2003) the lack of recruitment of the right kind of staff is one of the prime factors in the concerned sector as without the recruitment of the right kind of people it becomes very difficult to maintain the workings.

Lack of strict actions – The lack of strict actions of the organizations is one of the principle effects of the majority of the people as sometimes the faults needs strict actions which needs to be implemented (Doherty, Misener & Cuskelly, 2014).

Lack of management amenities – The lack of management amenities is one of the prime factors that is there for the organizational agenda (Nicholson, Newton & McGregor-Lowndes, 2012). The lack of proper amenities of the management is surely the major point of concern in the sector.

Membership Structures 

One of the principles for the development of the good governance system is the development of the structures in which the membership works in the prolonged time span. The membership structures of the Hanlonstan is one of the principles sectors of the organization which makes sure that each of the members of the party have the basic membership structures in the concerned parties. According to the views of Hodge and Piccolo, (2005) the sport governance of the organization make sure to have the basic amenities of the members to give them the required benefits of the membership structures.

The board structures of the Sport Hanlonstan is one of the principle sectors of the sector that is there in the important for developing principles in the good governance. According to the views of Shilbury, (2001) the board structure consist of the various people in the authorities department that help to make sure that the board has all the necessary people for the conduction of the tasks in an effective manner. The board structures of the sport organizations is to be kept in mind following the issues related to the board structures.

Lack of enthusiasm

The board should also make way for the various rules and regulations that is there in the authorities department of the concerned time span. The board have certain rules and regulations that is there in the concerned sector which makes sure that the rules and regulations of the authority is managed in a proper way (Hodge & Piccolo, 2005). The rules and regulations is one of the most important part of the Sports governance sector with appropriate rules and regulations of the same sector.

The Board composition is one of the major instances which make sure that the working of the authority is done in a proper way. According to Dowling, Edwards and Washington, (2014) the board should compose of the various members of the sector which make sure to address all the issues related to the workings and the activities of the governance sector. The board should compose of the fact that is related to the working of the sector in the concerned time span.

The group dynamics of the sector should be managed in such a way that it should be dealt with the behaviour of the public as well as firm in the concerned matter (Iecovich, 2005). The good dynamics and the behaviour of the public should be made within the concerned time span.

The strategy and the performance is one of the biggest factor that is there in the board of the sector in the concerned sport industry. The strategy of the various sports and themes is to be aligned with the performance metre of the same manner which makes sure that the sector of the concerned industry has steady performance factor in the concerned manner (Enjolras, 2009). The strategy and performance of the whole board is to be measured and increased to make sure that the sport governance is rightly handled.

The Board of the sport governance needs to confirm to the good governance and the deeds of the prolonged case. According to Holland and Jackson, (1998), the conformity of the matters is to be measured in terms of the sport governance of the matters which is one of the major means to be aligned. The confirmation to the matters which is again one of the most important in the case is one of the sport governance sector. The conformance of the good behaviour is one of the most important aspects of the sport governance.

Not taking the activity seriously

The Board Evaluation of the task is to be analysed keeping in mind the requirements of the sport governance issues and also the fact that multiple things are needed for the conduction of the sport governance sector (Inglis, 1997). The evaluation of the board is to be done based on the needs of the sector.

The ethics and integrity of the sport governance board is to be maintained by the people of the board who are there for the conduction of the sector in the concerned span of time. The ethics and integrity of the people of the sport governance board is to be maintained to make sure that each of the people of the concerned ethical enterprise is to be analysed regarding the same matter (Fredette, Bradshaw & Krause, 2016). The ethics and integrity of the people of the board will help the people of the sector to make sure that there is no false hopes or claims in the segment and also to the fact that the ethics and integrity of the people of the organization are there for the required benefit.

The leadership of the sport governance should be shared by the people of the board who are there for the management purpose. According to Fredette, Bradshaw & Krause, (2016), the shared government is to be maintained to make sure that there are ample scopes of the shared leadership techniques which means that that each of the sectors of the sport governance is not autonomous and there are ample scopes of sharing the leadership techniques with people who are there for the longest period of time. The shared leadership technique is there for the majority of the part in the manner of sport governance sector.

Conclusion

In the end, it can be concluded that in Sport Hanlonstan there are a number of critical issues that needs to be addressed including the issues related to the sport governance or the issues related to the governance sector. The authorities of the people of the sport governance is to be made available to the said case in the manner that is being done to make sure that there is ample space for the required sense. The conclusion is to be analysed keeping in mind the evidence of the issues along with the critical issues of the sport governance in the concerned matter. In addition, the development of the principles for the good and effective governance is to be analysed keeping in mind the needs and requirements of the Sport Hanlonstan in matters related to the various matters of the sport governance sector. The overall report is based on the critical issues of the sport governance in relation to the new formed sport association of Sport Hanlonstan.

Evidence of the Issues in Sport Governance of Hanlonstan

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