When informed about this assignment, I immediately knew that I wanted to do an organization that was closely linked with basketball. In result, I choose to do the organization of the Boston Celtics. The Celtics are a prestigious organization that has been one of the greatest organizations of the NBA (National Basketball Association). After furthering my career in basketball, I would enjoy working for a sports team as a marketer or at a division one school as an athletic director. The tool I decided to use was the Porter model, which deals with all external aspects of an organization. I used this tool because it helped me receive a better understanding of each force related to sports and their organization. The model includes five forces, which are overall industry rivalry, …show more content…
Each of these forces helps analyze each SWOT category in an external aspect. The overall industry rivalry help me analyze the “S” in SWOT by bringing more fans to watch great players play a competitive game. Barriers to entry assisted in the “O” because barriers to entry are capital costs, which could be opportunity to expand their organization. The buyer power aided in the “T”, which is giving the consumers what they want in this case they are the fans. This could cause a threat because if the team begins to loose, the fans will stop coming therefore decreasing in the organization’s revenue. Additionally aiding in the SWOT analysis is the supplier power, which helps analyze the “W” also. Weaknesses in this force are loosing athletes. Lastly is the threat of substitutes, which aided in the
In the SWOT analysis, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats will be discussed. These would include employees, competition, global marketing, and the repercussions that
Every company has a set of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Even Foot Locker with its dismal situation in the United States still has strengths and opportunities. When doing any type of company analysis these categories need to be considered for they can be a clear indicator if this particular organization has a possible future. SWOT analysis involves specifying the objective of the business venture
The Washington Wizards are one of thirty NBA organizations, and they were founded in 1961. In 1961, they were known as the Chicago Packers before switching their name to the Zephyrs the following season. Starting in 1963, they moved to Baltimore and were known as the Bullets. They landed in Washington in 1973-74 as the Capital Bullets and became known as the Washington Bullets in 1974-75. They kept the Bullets name until 1997 when they became the Washington Wizards (“Wizards History,” Online). The Wizards won one NBA championship in the 1977-78 season when they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics as the Bullets. The organization has been owned by Ted Leonsis since June 2010 as part of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which also owns and operates the Washington Capitals, Washington Mystics, the Verizon Center, and the Washington Valor (“Wizards History,” Online). Since January of 2016 I have interned for the Wizards organization in their basketball operations department. Although I believe the organization runs a smooth operation, there are certain aspects that call for improvement.
The Portland Trail Blazers organization is a sports entertainment company dedicated to not only winning NBA Championships, growing new basketball consumers, providing superior entertainment, value and service to the people but making a real difference outside the basketball arena in the local and regional communities. The Trail Blazers work outside the arena to make a difference in the local and regional communities by effectively serving people in need. The Trail Blazers enrich the lives of all of the people associated with the Trail Blazers brand as we thrive to diverse opportunities and contributions through charitable donations, solid ethnics and morals within the employment hiring’s and extreme respect for all
The company I choose to write about is Reebok because I am a huge fan of their classic sneaker product and I am also a basketball and football fanatic. Reebok as a company is in a unified position as both a business and a business within the sports field. Building and successfully launching products related to sports is very difficult.
The last major department is the Basketball Operations side of the franchise. This department is the reason the franchise is financially successful and the reason why people pay their money to cheer this organization. The Basketball Operations side of the company is run by a general manager or president. He or she oversees a scouting director. The scouting director oversees the scouting of new potential amateur and professional employees. The most important job for the head of basketball operations is hiring the right coach that will win. The coaching department is run by the head coach who hires assistants to help coach players.
The Philadelphia 76ers continue to struggle in the ongoing regular season. Though they saw some brilliance lately, winning 6 out of their last 10 games, they are still at the bottom half of the Eastern Conference standing. Recent reports are now saying that they might trade Nerlens Noel to the Portland Trail Blazers before the trade deadline ends.
The Boston Celtics seem to be not done yet looking for available superstars that they can add to their roster. In the latest trade rumor, they seem to be still not satisfied with their current lineup and said to be moving to acquire the services of Paul George from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for 3 players.
The Celtics received a burst of energy from their young core, and Kyrie Irving contributed 22 points, but it was Smart’s defense and scrappy play that led the charge back from 18 points down. Smart finished with nine rebounds, 12 points, three assists, two blocks, and two steals off the bench. In our NBA staff predictions, I picked Marcus Smart as my “Sixth Man of the Year,” but he may ultimately become one of the Celtics’ key
Regarding physiological needs, the Brooklyn Nets have done well in providing basic needs. Specifically, the water cool is almost always full and there was only one period of time during my internship in which I witnessed it not being full. The water fountains are always kept, the nozzles are also clean. Also, there is food constantly being given at company meetings. I mention this because in these facts because I have worked for employers who never treated their employees to food. Also, I have had employers that have had dirty, unkept water fountains for their employees. These former employers had high turnover.
The abbreviation, SWOT, stands for strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats respectively. In this paper, I will utilize and explain how the SWOT analysis will apply to an organization identified as Athlete’s Warehouse. This paper will identify three examples of SWOT that are evident for Athlete’s Warehouse and aid in forming an overall conclusion of the department using both internal and external analysis tools.
The Chicago Bulls campaign this season is hanging in the balance. Currently, they are sitting at the 8th spot of the Eastern Conference division holding a 21-22 win-loss record. Recent reports are saying that they considering of trading Jimmy Butler and it looks like the Minnesota Timberwolves could be a potential destination for him.
In 2012, when Leslie Osborne, Taryn Hemmings, and Courtney Jones brainstormed a business plan for a makeup line, the three had no clue what they were doing. After all, at that time the three women were playing semi-professional soccer for the Boston Breakers.
Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves was unanimously named National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year on Monday for the league’s 2015-16.
The focus of the SWOT analysis is to identify the key internal and external factors that are important to achieving the objective. SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories; internal factors and external factors. The internal factors are the strengths and weaknesses that are internal to the company while the external factors are the opportunities and threats that presented by the external environment. The internal factors are determined by their impact on the company’s objectives. What may represent strengths with respect to one objective may be weaknesses for another objective. The external factors may include technological change, legislation, cultural changes, and changes in the marketplace or competitive position (Wood, 2008).