Coach Fitz Management Theory By Michael Lewis

Coaching philosophies differ all over the world, from one sport to another. They are the central foundation to any good coach’s success in his/her respected programs. A coach’s philosophy does not only guide and lead the other members of the staff in the right direction, but it also allows each athlete to know what is expected of them, and how they should behave. By being aware of a coach’s philosophy, the athlete is fully responsible for his/her actions both on and off the field of play. In the words of the great Nick Saban, "It 's about what you control, every minute of every day. You always have to have a winning attitude and discipline, in practices, weight training, conditioning, in the classroom, in everything. It 's a process."

His home and his teachings from grounded and responsible parents were respect and equality for all. Though no one could tame his desire or demands in an athletic setting, his values and fairness were exemplary.

A firm belief Coach Fitz has throughout the essay is to win. “You know what I think about second place? he said. ‘Here's what I think about second place.’ And he slammed the trophy against the floor’” (Lewis). This ultimately shows that winning and getting in the first place is a big part

In the movie ‘Remember the Titans’, there are many management concepts covered throughout the movie and he is the agent in the movie. The players on the Titans are the targets of the influence. ‘Remember the Titans’ is the perfect movie for Exam 3. It covers many topics that were on the exam, and this class has given me a different way of looking at the movie. I have seen the movie many times, but I never looked at it from a management perspective. It now makes sense to me to look at a football team, or any other type of sports team, from a management point of view.

While looking through the three lenses of family, biogenetic, sociolegal, and role lens, it is very hard to limit yourself to only agree with one. However, while studying these three ideas I have come to the consensus that the most prominent and practical lens to look through is the sociolegal lens. Although one cannot discredit the family values of others, throughout my lifetime I have experienced sociolegal family lifestyles. An area in my life that I have seen this lens play a huge role is throughout my tennis career. A unique experience that I have been able to be apart of throughout my college adventure revolves around Mizzou athletics. Playing tennis here at the University has been one of the most rewarding

All management styles are to a certain extent determined by the given situation and the needs of the workers and the culture of the organisation. There has been a notable shift away from authoritarian style management where control is the key concept to a more empowering team working style. Managers that direct, control the work of their staff and co-ordinate have recently been replaced with managers who coach and council who are team leaders. A successful manager develops effective

For a lot of kids, it’s not until it’s all said and done, and they look back on it several years later, that they realize the difference the sport made in their lives. They are proud of playing the game. Have you ever met anybody who accomplished playing four years of high school football, and at the end of that run said, ‘Man, I wish I wouldn’t have played’? It doesn’t get said. Football players aren’t perfect. Nobody is. But millions of former players, one by one, can recount the life-altering principles they learned from football. They know the value of football is the values in football.That’s why high school football – and particularly high school coaches – play such a vital role in our society. Our football coaches are on the front lines of the battle for the hearts and minds of the boys in our society.

The draft has a significant impact on the coaches as much as the players. Coaches for the NBA, NFL, and MLB have to be sure their potential players are skilled enough, fit into their team program, and will make a difference in the team program. Also, they have to evaluate the players they already have so when picking for the draft, coaches won’t pick the same type of player they already have on the rosters. Coaches tend to look at the areas they struggled in the previous season or seasons

Within this assignment I will describe my understanding of the links between management and leadership, the skills and styles of management and leadership, the application of management and leadership theories in an organisational context and planning for the development of management and leadership skills.

Sports are a significant part of society and spectators enjoy particular events regardless of the type. However, there are many players who develop special working and social relationships with whom they are participating regardless of the type of sport. The relationship and how people interact with one another can be the determination of how successful a team can be. The particular film based on a true story that I chose is titled When the Game Stands Tall. This film consists of a high performing football team of De La Salle High School in the state of California. Jim Caviezel portrays the head coach (Bob Ladouceur) as a man with such vision and passion that goes beyond the fundamental principles of coaching the game of football. The football team had won 151 games without being defeated which is the highest winning record a team has had in the game of football. The film shows the internal struggles of the players in their lives as people, and how they perform on the field. It also shows the external tragic difficulties that they face while they attend and play for De Le Salle High School. In the movie, the head coach helps the students/players by not only coaching them but also showing them how to live a flourishing life by committing to endure difficult life situations and the way to overcome them. He helps teach the principles of brotherhood and companionship with the team that they build. In the movie, the head coach and the staff had taught the players

ARMSTRONG, M. (2011) How to be an even better manager. 8th ed. London: Kognan Page.

Many of those ideas have been reflected on “The Happiness Plunge” by Adam Pervez when he explains how living the American dream and still not being happy can be very difficult. Of course, all parents always have that specific sport we want our children to play, for example, if you have a boy football is one of the number one choices for our children to play. But what about if it’s not atisfying our child, like to them it dosnt make them happy. In The Happiness Plunge, Perez talks about how he was a field engennier, a business development specialist but it still wasn’t enough. This reflects the udea of your son bring the best quarter back of the team, compared to other football teams he’s still the best but he dosnt look forward to going to practice, or getting out onto the field, to him it’s just something he feels he has to do. This idea is reflected in Pervez article when he says “I was following a script for success written by someone else, or by society” (Pervez). A lot of the time parents unintentionally have their children follow a script that they were taught by their parents. Parents are raising their children in a consensus reality which is a reality that has been created by culture through practices, behaviors, shared beliefs, rules and artifacts. Moreover, instead of parents letting their children choose to try something they are intesred in or they try different things they have to stick to a script or to something they feel is correct. In another example, Pervez tells how he identified writing, traveling, telling stories, and helping others were his passions and decided to take the happiness plunge where to him, “there [was] more to life than the American Dream we’ve been sold.” In other words, parents tend to stick to specific sport for their sons to playbeing that’s the ideal sport for boys according to society, so naturally that’s what e have to

Theory X was labeled by McGregor as being a “hard” style of management, where hard meant that management would have close supervision on its workers, as well as having strong control and coercion. He determined that a hard style would not be effective for production and organization that practiced this style would have restricted output and workers would distrust management, therefore there would be a need for a softer side of management. McGregor based his evaluation of Theory X manager’s on Abrahams Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory (Barnett).

There are many differing theories on the styles of management and leadership which attempt to differentiate the skills, strengths and personalities required between management and leadership although it is clear from the studies of these theorists that many of the skills are applicable to both.

The book also states the fact that to become successful in the organization, one should have management and leadership skills in balance. As the imbalance between these two can be harmful for the person and for the organization he is working for. Book has also given the way you can analyze your own skills and if you are leader or manager which can be very helpful for anyone to examine by their own.