Reenergizing the Athletic Department Jason Abstract Efforts to change the organizational culture of companies large and small have been attempted by many professionals‚ with varying rates of success. The reason success has varied with the process is due to resistance to the change in comfort zone from those involved in the process of culture change. In this paper the process of culture change will be discussed‚ as a plan will be outlined to change the current culture in a stagnant athletic department
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I interviewed Ben Cleveland‚ who is the head Athletic Trainer for Oklahoma Baptist University. Athletic Trainers are not technically a field in leadership studies‚ but this interview was very beneficial to be because I want to be an Athletic Trainer at the high school level. This interview just reassured me that being an Athletic Trainer is truly what I want to do with my life. Before talking about how Ben views leadership‚ one has to know and understand his background and where he is coming from
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common way to get fit and have fun. There are many adolescents all over the world that enjoy sports. Usually before playing a sport‚ intense athletic conditioning occurs. Where there are many benefits associated with intense athletic conditioning there are some risks as well. To begin with‚ there are some health-related benefits that go along with intense athletic conditioning. For example in the article‚ Sport Conditioning for Children and Youth it is mentioned that intense conditioning helps with growth
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A big part of college is athletics. For some schools its all about the team. Some even choose to attend a school based on their sport of choice. Many students would not even be in college were it not for athletic scholarships. But should colleges offer athletic schlarships? Looking from both view points there are many reasons why colleges should offer athletic scholarships such as diversifying the school and giving somone a chance who wouldnt normally have one. From the viewpoint that they shouldn’t
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That is what everyone calls me. I play volleyball and softball. My favorite class is sports medicine. Learning all the tapes and how to help athletes and being on the sidelines of the games is amazing. It really helped me to see what a career as an athletic trainer is going to be like since that is what I want to be. My favorite teams are Clemson and the Atlanta Braves. My papa and I will always watch the braves baseball games together. My papa currently has lung cancer. He goes back to the doctor Wednesday
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The meeting started off by the advisors discussing about the new mentorship program they are promoting to the EDN students. It’s like the Athletic Mentorship program where a EDN student who passed EDN 200 becomes a mentor for a student(s) who is either a first or second-year student that has yet to complete EDN 200. The mentors would guide the mentees on any questions they have on the EDN program‚ Taskstream‚ field experience‚ etc.‚ and give them advices on what they’ve learned in the past to do
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Athletic trainers are health care professionals who work closely with expert physicians to provide emergency care‚ clinical diagnoses‚ and therapeutic rehabilitation. Students seeking to become certified must get a degree from an accredited athletic training program. Athletic trainers are constantly on their feet and attending to the athletes. The athletic training job requires an outgoing personality‚ hardworking mentality‚ and a driven spirit. To get a better understanding I interviewed Alex Brown
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The Athletic Craze 1893 At the present time sports are considered an instrument that allows humans to acquire discipline‚ relieve stress‚ learn human values and gain physical heath. However‚ in 1893‚ The Nation magazine published an article stating that the practice of sports‚ especially football‚ demoralized college campuses. The main problem seems to be the influence athletes and their attitudes could create over the entire student body and how this might lead to a lost in knowledge and academic
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Mercury Athletic Footwear Case Study John Liedtke head of Active Gear‚ Inc. (AGI) is contemplating whether to invest in Mercury Athletic a subsidiary of West Coast Fashions (WCF). Mercury was purchased by WCF in hopes to increase business revenue however this was not the case. Business did not do as expected‚ WCF was then eager to abandon its apparel. John Liedtke saw this as an opportunity to take over Mercury and as result increase its business revenue. In order to determine whether this is
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specialty; there are doctors‚ nurses‚ technicians‚ therapists‚ and first responders. Belonging to the latter‚ are athletic trainers. Similar to other medical first responder fields‚ athletic training is a health care profession that works under the direction of a physician. However‚ athletic trainers are tasked with the medical care of athletes and those who engage in physical activity. Athletic trainers are academically and clinically proficient in injury prevention‚ treatment‚ and rehabilitation. They
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