This phase also include the management and constant supervision during the event, prize distribution and speech.
I realized that this is not only a tiring job but it also required me to be active all the time. I was sheer hard work. While evaluating what I did I came across the fact that I need to be more active and up to mark. Secondly I need to improve my communication skills. Thirdly and most importantly I need to learn multi-tasking and improve my managerial skillsas these were the greatest requirements for the success of an event. By success I mean giving the hundred percent to sponsors, participants, audiences and staff!!
I also realized that day-to-day matters, record keeping, conflict resolution and other normal activities (including scheduling and planning of coaching sessions, availability of practice ground, etc.) also are an interesting part of the sports manager's life. They keep you active, alive and on the toes every day and kill spare time. Sometimes, these matters use to irritate me a lot, especially when I had other work to do, but ultimately I understand that these need to be managed with other stuff too. I learnt to effectively utilize my time and plan things accordingly. I also learnt that before doing this job I was not very good at planning and acting accordingly. But after the internship I noticed that I have started to plan things out. But I really need to learn more about effective planning and utilization of time.
Further, while doing all the relevant tasks I realized that complying with the legal and regulatory requirements (laws and regulations) was the top most aspect to consider. Legal requirements are binding and should be followed in any case. Through this exercise I learnt to constantly look for the legal repercussions of any step I took. I came to this conclusion that although I learnt a great deal through my mentors assistance, but I seriously need to work on my knowledge of the relevant laws and to apply them correctly where and when required.
f. Link with the Studies
During this evaluation phase I realized that the following theories and concept studied during the post-graduation education are highly important:
Legal and regulatory requirements associated with the sports, health, trainings etc.,
Cost accounting and management accounting techniques especially cash flow projections, budgeting and variance analysis,
The four Ps (Product, Price, Place and Promotion) of marketing, pricing and promotion strategies,
The Human Resource Management theories and concepts including conflicts and negotiation, leadership, groups and teams, recruitment and selection, training and development, motivation, ethical considerations etc.
Financing techniques and strategies'.
g. Now What
As already explained in the sub-part 'e' of this part, while reflecting upon my practical experience, I realized that I need improvement in the following areas of practice:
Negotiating and communication Skills,
Learning to multi-task and perform many tasks altogether,
Managerial and leadership skills and methods,
Learn to be more active and up to the mark,
Improve focus and attentiveness,
Learning to effectively and efficiently understand and apply all the relevant laws and regulations, and To learn effective planning and utilization of time.
The exercise of reflecting upon my work helped me a great deal in identifying my mistakes and weaknesses. I realized that by evaluating my own actions I was better able to understand and pin point the areas where I should improvise in order to be a better professional and a learned person. Moreover, during the whole exercise I was helped by my mentor. He cleared all the confusions and helped me see the problems and issues in all my actions.
My mentor also helped me in linking the theories and concepts while performing my tasks. Whenever I used to start a new thing (a new duty or task) he used to ask me to recall the academic concepts linked to it. We used to have detailed discussion on the said topic in which we discussed the applicability, merits and demerits and limitations of application. This exercise strengthened my concepts to a great deal. The concepts and theories are discussed in detail in the next part.
Another advantage that I acquired through constant supervision of my mentor was learning the planned and organized thinking process. Initially my mentor used to think aloud and ask a lot of questions. This helped me develop a questioning approach and an open mindedness that is lacking during the student life period. Now I think from various aspects and consider all the associated issues and problems.
I also came to the conclusion that the whole experience became more informative and learning because of the reflection carried on that...
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