Masters in Public Administration - MPA / The research seeks to investigate processes and structures presently in Khayelitsha so as to ascertain whether they are operating, in such a manner that sporting people and government can rely on them to strike the balance needed, to reach a scenario where all the citizens of the country are afforded equal opportunities in sport. The White Paper (Revised: 2007) mentions the establishment of the Strategic, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate to ensure focus remains on track with the latest development in sporting fraternity and that this is aligned with government priorities. However better resources are still handed out to advantaged communities. South African society has achieved somewhat miraculously, a stable democracy since the elections of 1994, but this new democracy has to realize that liberation comes with an added burden of responsibility. Hence communities and especially previously disadvantaged communities, need to even work harder to ensure social and an acceptable degree of economic transformation. The culture of entitlement needs to be discouraged in black townships. The Constitution, Provincial and Local policies allow for efficient sport management as sport is critical for development to take place. Sport is the most important vehicle to deepen democracy and bring about genuine transformation in society, forging unity of purpose at grassroots level so as to achieve same purpose and direction. Khayelitsha (as most of the black townships) has been hit by a wave of crime, drug abuse, alcohol abuse and gangsterism caused by the inactivity of youth. Sport can act as a catalyst to minimise tensions and maximise peace and harmony. This research focused on the efficacy of sport management processes and structures in Khayelitsha. It examined issues of provisioning, accessibility and maintenance of sport facilities in order to guarantee mass participation and infinite activism in sport. / South Africa

Background Companies realization of the possibility to target specific audiences in an intimate setting through podcasts, has created a significant expansion of the podcast industry during the last decade. This development has created possibilities for independent podcast hosts to earn revenue. Today, investments towards marketing in the medium is projected to continue to grow substantially.   Problem Since podcasts are consumer controlled and categorized as a pull-medium, listeners’ attitudes and preferences are critical for podcast hosts to consider when monetizing their content. The largest audience of podcasts is found within Generation Y, which increases the importance of accounting for these attitudes and preferences, since they are assumed to be a particularly challenging consumer segment to target.   Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationships that Generation Y have to hosts in different type of podcast categories. Following, the research aims to investigate how these relationships influence the podcasts’ possible opportunities to maximize their revenue.   Method This qualitative research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with individuals from Generation Y. The empirical data was analyzed according to the conceptual framework developed through existing literature within the field of study.      Result The findings of this research enabled the authors to provide recommendations regarding preferable forms of monetization for the four identified podcast categories. The sponsorship approach was identified as the preferable primary form of monetization for Category 1, 3 and 4. Whereas the Subscription Model was recommended for Category 2. The authors further suggested the most beneficial supplementary forms of monetization for each podcast category as well as general recommendations for all.

É notório o crescimento da utilização do patrocínio esportivo como ferramenta de comunicação de marketing pelas empresas. Este crescimento tem despertado o interesse por uma maior e melhor compreensão acerca dos atributos desta ferramenta, especialmente no que se refere à sua eficácia e aos processos pelos quais ela é adotada e desenvolvida pelas organizações. Esta pesquisa se propôs a estudar o processo decisório e os critérios de seleção que caracterizam a tomada de decisão para ações desta natureza nas empresas. As principais contribuições deste estudo residem na tentativa de promover uma reflexão acerca de uma utilização mais estratégica e eficaz do patrocínio esportivo ? elevando assim sua credibilidade enquanto ferramenta de comunicação de marketing ? e permitir um ajustamento entre as ofertas de projetos esportivos ao perfil das potenciais empresas patrocinadoras. O desenvolvimento do estudo teve por base teórica os fundamentos de patrocínio e sua contextualização nas atividades de marketing, incluindo conceitos relacionados ao composto de marketing, ao composto de comunicação de marketing, e às modalidades, objetivos e eficácia do patrocínio. O método utilizado para a realização da pesquisa de campo foi o de estudo de campo, por meio de uma pesquisa conclusiva descritiva realizada junto a uma amostra não-probabilística de 59 empresas nacionais e multinacionais atuantes no Brasil que utilizam a ferramenta patrocínio esportivo dentre suas atividades de comunicação de marketing. Os dados foram obtidos por meio da aplicação de um questionário eletrônico com perguntas fechadas, e sua análise baseou-se, prioritariamente, na interpretação descritivo-quantitativa das freqüências obtidas nas variáveis estudadas. Cruzamentos entre variáveis também foram promovidos para verificar relações entre elas. Como conclusão do estudo obteve-se que o processo decisório para ações de patrocínio esportivo nas empresas revela-se ainda incipiente ou inexistente, resultando, consequentemente, em uma ineficácia de sua utilização; outra conclusão, referente aos critérios de seleção utilizados para a adoção destas ações, é que os principais são a pertinência, a adequação, a repercussão, e a avaliação do custo da ação a ser patrocinada. Também se verificou que certas variáveis, tais como porte e abrangência de atuação da empresa influenciam na composição dos membros participantes do processo decisório para ações de patrocínio esportivo e nos critérios de seleção que compõem este processo. Com base nas conclusões, o trabalho sugere uma maior atenção e profundidade por parte das empresas às discussões relacionadas aos processos que compõem à tomada de decisão relacionada às ações de patrocínio esportivo. / The growth of the use of sports sponsorship by companies as a marketing communication tool is notorious. This growth has raised the interest for a better and higher understanding of this tool?s attributes, especially concerning its efficacy and the processes by which it is adopted and promoted by organizations. The main purpose of this research was to study the decision making process and the selection criteria adopted by companies during the occasion of a sports sponsorship activity. The main contributions of this study lay on the attempt to promote a reflection about a more strategic and efficacious use of sports sponsorship activities ? raising its credibility while a marketing communication tool ? and to allow an adjustment between the offer of sports projects to potential sponsors and the profile of this companies. The development of the study had the sponsorship concepts and its contextualization on marketing activities as its theoretical base, including concepts related to the marketing mix, the marketing communication mix, and sponsorship kinds, efficacy and objectives. The method used for the execution of the field research was the field study, through a conclusive descriptive research applied among a non-randomized sample of 59 national and international companies acting in Brazil that adopt sports sponsorship among its marketing communication activities. The data was obtained through the application of an electronic questionnaire composed by closed questions, and its analysis relied mainly on the descriptive and quantitative interpretation of the frequency obtained for the study variables. Crossovers between variables were also promoted to verify any relationships existing between them. As a conclusion of the study it was found that the decision making process for sports sponsorship activities at companies reveals itself incipient or inexistent, resulting as a consequence, on a decrease of efficacy during its use. Another conclusion, referring to the selection criteria adopted by companies, is that the most used are pertinence, adequacy, repercussion, and cost evaluation of the action to be sponsored. It was also verified that certain variables, such as size (in revenue) and range of the company have influence over the composition of the members that take part of the decision making process and over the selection criteria that compose this process. Based on this conclusions, this study suggests a higher attention and deepness by companies on discussions concerning the decision making process related to sports sponsorship activities.

Na década de 90, a corrida de rua sofreu uma alteração significativa no seu conceito de evento. O caráter de entretenimento começou a ser explorado pelos produtores de eventos desse setor, fazendo emergir o conceito de corridas fashions. Só no estado de São Paulo, foram ofertados 415 eventos de corrida de rua, no ano de 2015. Percebendo esse mercado em expansão, empresas de diversos setores procuram se aliar ao esporte em questão e, em contrapartida, as produtoras desses eventos procuram esses patrocinadores para o financiamento das atividades. Com isso, o objetivo desse trabalho foi identificar os perfis de patrocinadores que agregam mais valor aos eventos de corrida de rua: um estudo na visão dos consumidores desse esporte. Para responder esse objetivo, optou-se por uma metodologia qualitativa de caráter exploratório. Foi aplicado um questionário misto à uma amostra de 407 corredores, em quatro eventos de corrida de rua. Esse questionário continha perguntas abertas e fechadas, e as respostas foram analisadas por meio das frequências e seus conteúdos, respectivamente. Como resultado, obteve-se um perfil de patrocinador que seja de segmentos congruentes com o esporte e a corrida de rua, como segmento esportivo, alimentício e de calçados para corredores. Além disso, segundo os consumidores, é importante que os patrocinadores ativem suas marcas durante os eventos da modalidade. Essas ativações devem ser associadas aos atributos que esses consumidores consideram como atributos da corrida de rua, como, saúde, amizade, qualidade de vida, bem-estar, socialização e diversão. Conclui-se que existem patrocinadores que agregam mais valor do que outros, na ótica do consumidor desse esporte. Essas informações podem ser úteis para os produtores de corrida de rua, uma vez que essas empresas que devem ser procuradas em uma possível prospecção de patrocinadores para os eventos da modalidade. Patrocinadores que agregam mais valor ao evento são percebidos pelos consumidores, o que resulta em uma percepção positiva daquele evento em questão e de seus patrocinadores / In the 90s the street race underwent a significant change in your event concept. The entertainment character began to be exploited by the event producers in this sector, giving rise to the concept of fashions races. Only in the state of São Paulo were offered 415 street racing events in 2015. Realizing this expanding market, companies from various sectors are seeking to combine the sport in question, and in turn producing these events seek these sponsors for funding these activities. Thus, objective of this study was to identify the profile of sponsors that add more value to street racing events: a study in view of the consumers of this sport. To meet this objective we chose a qualitative methodology exploratory. A mixed questionnaire to a sample of 407 runners in four road race event was applied. The questionnaire contained open and closed questions, which the frequencies were analyzed the responses and their contents respectively. As a result we got a sponsor profile that is congruent segments with sport and street racing as sports segment, food and shoes for runners. Moreover, according to consumers, these sponsors must activate their brands during the sport events. These activations should be associated with attributes that consumers consider as street racing attributes as health, friendship, quality of life, well-being, socialization and fun. It is concluded that there are sponsors that add more value than others in the consumer\'s view of this sport. This information can be useful for street racing producers, since these companies should be sought in a possible prospect for sponsors for the sport events. Sponsors that add more value to the event are perceived by consumers, resulting in a positive perception of that event in question and its sponsors

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:09:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Liliane Matias de Almeida Brazil.pdf: 1626269 bytes, checksum: 7fb5e8f8e3894c4f93b40cc1654c564e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-18 / The Higher Education Institution as an organization that produces knowledge, has the challenge of managing and maintaining the production of technological scientific research. With economic growth, social and cultural change, science has become critical to the country's development. And high maintenance costs for research and competition for public funds make room for a strand of activity which consists in the interaction between universities and the private sector through fundraising, issue addressed in this study. Companies, in turn, are motivated by the magnitude and innovation that leads to academic research. With this scenario, the approach of private HEIs to gain space for partnerships. These partnerships in which the private sector finances the production of research within HEIs and is entitled to benefit from the results, through collaborative research. Another issue addressed in this study is the strength of the brand as a vector for fundraising. The parties involved enjoy direct and indirect benefits, such as recovery and strengthening brand awareness - both the sponsor as the sponsor - and, especially, innovation in products and services. Moreover, the central hypothesis of our research is precisely that brand strength favors the interaction between university and company, bringing innovation as a result. The research, exploratory, took a qualitative approach and investigated Microsoft and the University Caltech company to compose the case study. The results and contributions to the field, there is a natural walking company toward university in pursuit of collaborative research. Importantly, the challenges in the iteration between university and company cover crops and bureaucratic systems of the parties involved, however, these axes can be discussed, leading to a non-bureaucratic and flexible relationship. / A Instituição de Ensino Superior, como uma organização que produz conhecimento, tem o desafio da administração e manutenção da produção da pesquisa tecnológica científica. Com o crescimento econômico, as mudanças sociais e culturais, a ciência tornou-se fundamental para o desenvolvimento do país. E os altos custos para manutenção da pesquisa e a concorrência por recursos públicos abrem espaço para uma vertente de atuação que consiste na interação entre a universidade e a iniciativa privada por meio da captação de recursos, questão tratada no presente estudo. As empresas, por sua vez, são motivadas pela magnitude e inovação que a pesquisa acadêmica conduz. Com esse cenário, a aproximação da iniciativa privada com a IES ganha espaço para parcerias. Parcerias estas nas quais o setor privado financia a produção de pesquisa dentro das IES e tem direito de se beneficiar com os resultados, por meio da pesquisa colaborativa. Outra questão abordada nesse estudo é a força da marca como vetor para a captação de recursos. As partes envolvidas desfrutam de benefícios diretos e indiretos, como valorização, fortalecimento e reconhecimento da marca tanto do patrocinador como do patrocinado , e, principalmente, inovação em produtos e serviços. Aliás, a hipótese central de nossa investigação é justamente que a força da marca favorece a interação entre universidade e empresa, trazendo como resultado a inovação. A pesquisa, do tipo exploratória, assumiu uma abordagem qualitativa e investigou a empresa Microsoft e a Universidade Caltech para compor o estudo de caso. Como resultados e contribuições ao campo, nota-se um caminhar natural da empresa em direção à universidade em busca da pesquisa colaborativa. É importante ressaltar que os desafios impostos na iteração entre universidade e empresa englobam culturas e sistemas burocráticos das partes envolvidas, porém, esses eixos podem ser discutidos, conduzindo a um relacionamento desburocratizado e flexível.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-09-28T12:41:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Sergio Ricardo Siani.pdf: 7044998 bytes, checksum: e120d7062b2b4b12844db4afacf01331 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-28T12:41:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sergio Ricardo Siani.pdf: 7044998 bytes, checksum: e120d7062b2b4b12844db4afacf01331 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-14 / The fight sport known as MMA – Mixed Martial Arts, which in Portuguese corresponds to Artes Marciais Mistas, has lived in the last decade a very successful trajectory of increase and sustained, since the beginning, a singular relationship with Brazil – country that originated in the 20th century a kind of fight known as “Vale Tudo”, “Anything goes”, in English – being such modality the start of what is worldwide conceived as MMA. In the field of marketing management, the interest of sports marketing on such modality of sport is focused not only in the aspects provided by events related to that, but mainly in the increase potential of its globalized market. Defining a marketing strategy for such modality is still a challenge, since not all brands are willing to sponsor a fight event. The present study, which aims to investigate with attributes of MMA sport can establish a synergy with potential brands of interest of event organizers, with the intent to contribute to the theory of sports marketing and also contribute to the MMA event’s organizers may have sponsorship for their events, is not an easy task, because apart from being a good product to offer (event, athlete, location and so on) the promotor company “must define its own action strategy”. In both qualitative and quantitative nature, this research was carried out in three different phases: first, it was searched among MMA event’s organizers, by semi-structured interviews, to understand which brands or sponsors would be present in the dreamed events. The second phase, with was quantitative, applied a survey questionnaire, along with the audience of three MMA events and the motives behind the intention to watch such events. The results obtained in the first phase of the study, that is, the identification of the favorite brands of the event’s organizers were: Nike, Coke, Reebok, Banco do Brasil and Honda; the data obtained in the second phase consisted of getting the MMA attributes which were: adrenaline, emotion, joy, pleasure and aggressiveness, propelled the third and last phase of this study, in which, again, by the application of survey questionnaires, there were associations between brands and attributes. After carrying out four statistical tests, this researchwork reaches the conclusion that the atribute most linked to MMA was adrenaline and as for brand Nike was chosen. The aggressiveness was pointed out as a kind of attribute in which the audience related to this kind of sport, what generated the hypothesis of considering such modality as an aggressive one both in a view that only people who had never had any connection with MMA at all / O esporte de lutas MMA - Mixed Martial Arts, em português, Artes Marciais Mistas tem vivenciado na última década uma bem sucedida trajetória de crescimento e mantém desde a sua origem uma relação singular com o Brasil - país que deu origem, no século XX, a um tipo de luta conhecida como “Vale Tudo” – sendo esta modalidade a precursora do que hoje é mundialmente conhecido como MMA. No campo da gestão de marketing, o interesse do marketing esportivo sobre este esporte está focalizado não apenas nos aspectos decorrentes dos eventos que ele propicia, mas principalmente, no potencial de crescimento do seu mercado globalizado. Definir uma estratégia de marketing para essa modalidade ainda éum desafio, pois nem todas as marcas querem patrocinar um evento de lutas. O presente estudo tem o objetivo de investigar quais são os atributos do esporte MMA capazes de estabelecer sinergia com potenciais marcas de interesse dos organizadores de eventos. Com a intenção de contribuir para a teoria do marketing esportivo, mas também de auxiliar os organizadores de eventos de MMA a obter patrocínio para seus eventos; tarefa fácil, pois, além de um bom produto a oferecer (evento, atleta, local, etc), a empresa promotora “deve definir para si uma estratégia de ação”. De natureza qualitativa e quantitativa (quali-quanti), a pesquisa foi realizada em três fases distintas: na primeira buscou-se, junto a organziadores de eventos de MMA, por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, entender quais marcas e/ou patrocinadores estariam presentes, no evento dos seus sonhos. Na segunda fase, quantitativa, usando questionario survey, buscou-se compreender junto à platéia de três eventos de MMA, a motivação para assistir presencialmente tais eventos. Ao apurar os dados da primeira fase do estudo, conclui-se que as marcas favoritas dos organizadores de eventos foram: Nike, Coca Cola, Reebok, Banco do Brasil e Honda. Os dados da segunda fase que apuraram os atributos do MMA, destacaram-se: adrenalina, emoção, alegria, prazer e agressividade. Após as apurações, deu-se inicio à terceira e última fase do estudo, onde, novamente com base em questionários survey, buscou-se associações entre marcas e atributos. Após realizar quatro testes estatísticos, conclui-se que o atributo mais associado com o MMA foi a adrenalina e a marca foi a Nike. A agressividade foi apontada como o atributo que a platéia menos associou a este esporte, o que gerou a hipótese de que considerar este esporte agressivo configure-se com uma visão que apenas de pessoas que nunca tiveram ligaçao com o MMA tem sobre ele

The main subject of the thesis is a marketing communication strategy in the automotive industry. First part of the thesis defines theory of marketing communication strategy and instruments of the communication mix. The practical part describes Mercedes-Benz Czech republic Inc. and propose marketing communications based on marketing situational analysis and analysis of an external and internal environment.

This project explores the possibilities of implementing a critical and liberatory pedagogy within the confines of the prison. Building upon the fields of critical prison theory, literacy studies, and (dis)ability studies, I assert that implementing small, organic, and tactical changes though the principles of Universal Design for Learning allows the prison educator to make impactful moves with liberatory goals. I conclude by reimagining what a prison education mission statement that takes this perspective looks like then imagine the liberatory applications of the principles of universal design for learning within the prison.

<p>The research seeks to investigate processes and structures presently in Khayelitsha so as to ascertain whether they are operating, in such a manner that sporting people and government can rely on them to strike the balance needed, to reach a scenario where all the citizens of the country are afforded equal opportunities in sport. The White Paper (Revised: 2007) mentions the establishment of the Strategic, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate to ensure focus remains on track with the latest development in sporting fraternity and that this is aligned with government priorities. However better resources are still handed out to advantaged communities. South African society has achieved somewhat miraculously, a stable democracy since the elections of 1994, but this new democracy has to realize that liberation comes with an added burden of responsibility. Hence communities and especially previously disadvantaged communities, need to even work harder to ensure social and an acceptable degree of economic transformation. The culture of entitlement needs to be discouraged in black townships. The Constitution, Provincial and Local policies allow for efficient sport management as sport is critical for development to take place. Sport is the most important vehicle to deepen democracy and bring about genuine transformation in society, forging unity of purpose at grassroots level so as to achieve same purpose and direction. Khayelitsha (as most of the black townships) has been hit by a wave of crime, drug abuse, alcohol abuse and gangsterism caused by the inactivity of youth. Sport can act as a catalyst to minimise tensions and maximise peace and harmony. This research focused on the efficacy of sport management processes and structures in Khayelitsha. It examined issues of provisioning, accessibility and maintenance of sport facilities in order to guarantee mass participation and infinite activism in sport.</p>

<p>In South Africa today those who lead sport are facing increasing scrutiny which has inevitably resulted in questioning governance practices. The transition of many sports from<br /> predominantly volunteer administered organizations anchored in an amateur ethos, to professionally managed entities catering to a more sophisticated market place has created<br /> unique challenges for the governance of sport sponsorship. This evolution gives rise to possible conceptual linkage between sport sponsorship and corporate governance or none<br /> thereof. This study focuses on the ABSA-Premier Soccer League (PSL) sponsorship transaction as a case study to explore this linkage. The research is aimed at finding the nexus<br /> between sport sponsorship and corporate governance principles, namely accountability and transparency in the conclusion of this transaction.</p> <p><br /> The research consists of four phases / literature review which provides a detailed analysis of all primary and secondary material available on this topic. The second phase is a qualitative<br /> case study research methodology which comprises of in-depth interviews with targeted stakeholders. The third part presents the research findings and discussion section, and lastly<br /> the way forward through reflections and recommendations including highlighting potential future research areas.</p> <p><br /> This work is timely when there has been generally a heightened evolution in sport sponsorship and its focus was to explore the nexus and compliance to the founding principles<br /> of the organizations (laws of governance). Factually, good corporate governance aims at ensuring a higher degree of transparency in an organization by encouraging full disclosure of<br /> transactions in the company accounts as well as accountability. Academics have been exploring the notion of sports sponsorship and corporate governance with much of the<br /> debates grounded on understanding its commercial value.</p> <p><br /> The focus for this study is on the conceptual nexus or non-thereof, between sponsorship and corporate governance. Information was collected through in-depth and experience interviews,<br /> documented reviews and analysis (such as the review and analysis of the constitution of the South Africa football Association, PSL, financial/banking sector policy regulations, South<br /> African Sports Act, corporate governance reports, annual reports, scholarly journals, academic books, conference papers and Parliamentary Monitoring Group documents etc. to<br /> mention but a few.</p>