Journal article
Baseball, Football, and Basketball: Models for Business
Organizational dynamics, v 12(3), pp 5-18
1984
Abstract
Business managers' obsession with sports is often reflected in their use of such terms as ''game plan'' and ''teamwork.'' However, sports can offer business more than terminology. A study of the team structures of the 3 major professional sports in the US - baseball, football, and basketball - indicates that these represent generic organizational models common in business. The analysis is based on the sports teams' contrasting patterns of player interaction. In showing how the different sports models can help business managers understand how their organization functions, a diagnostic checklist for distinguishing among baseball-, football-, and basketball-companies is presented. Practical managerial implications of the sports models exist in terms of: 1. individual-organization fit, 2. developmental flexibility, 3. managerial continuity, 4. unit performance incentives, and 5. coordination. Business can both learn from and transcend these sports models.
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Details
- Title
- Baseball, Football, and Basketball: Models for Business
- Creators
- Robert Keidel
- Publication Details
- Organizational dynamics, v 12(3), pp 5-18
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Ltd
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0009915583
- Other Identifier
- 991021861638704721