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Organizational Culture In Sports

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When I think of organizational culture the first thing that comes to my mind is sports teams. You.ll hear people talk about teams having winning cultures or defensive cultures and so on. Sports are much like other businesses however, the goal of their business is to win. How do the teams go about winning? Some teams are able to win year in and year out. While other teams struggle and keep trying to find ways to win and improve. Successful teams that have developed a winning culture tend to keep the same coach, general manager, and core group of players. While teams that struggle constantly change personal and try to develop a culture. The basics of business and management can still apply to sports teams. The team owner is the same as the CEO …show more content…

A sports teams culture can be the way the players approach games or the gameplan they use when playing. Much like regular business a sports teams culture can change with a new coach or new players, a new general manger, or a new owner. Looking at the Golden State Warriors in recent years they have become the top team in the NBA winning an NBA championship and breaking the NBA record for wins in a season. However, just a few years ago they were in obscurity. How did they build a new team and new culture to get their? They built a new culture by acquiring young players and letting young players develop over time and creating a culture with them. The team's management came up with a new strategy they wanted to follow all they needed was the players with the skills for their new stratagey The management found players that had desirable play styles for the team they wanted to have, but they also wanted players that were team first players who wanted to win and were low ego. The first part of their change was drafting Stephan Curry who even coming out of college was a world class …show more content…

However, they still struggled to succeed. The management realized they needed to change the culture. So they hired a new coach to see if that made the difference. The year before they finished 5th in their conference and the season they brought in the new coach they were first in the league and won the championship. That was the only major change the team made that season. The new coach expanded the current culture created a new game plan that focused on the team's defensive skill and three point shooting ability as well as focusing on the team first mentality. The new game plan was built on passing the ball, getting shooters open, and using the team's speed and athletic ability to shut down opposing teams. Most importantly the coach created the winning culture that teams thrive for. The goal of the team then was to sustain their culture. Their goal was to keep the coach and players that had lead their team to success. Some players would have to be let go so they could have enough money to re-sign their core players with the hope being they can keep them on the team for their entire

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