Title: Possibilities of the use of sport facilities by wheelchairs in the Moravian region and the perception of their sport activities by the public Objective: The aim of the work is to prepare a list of sports clubs of wheelchairs and suitable indoor sports facilities for their activities in the Moravian region. Based on the knowledge it is possible to create a CD presentation, which can serve for staff of rehabilitation centers and the organizers of competitions for people with disability in the region. It would increase awareness of their clients about sports in this locality. Method: The thesis is presented as a preliminary study which used a quantitative research method in the public inquiry. A part of the thesis is a questionnaire survey - it focuses on public awareness of the Moravian- Silesian region of sport for disabled and the perception of architectural modifications. Results: Summary of available information on sports halls and gymnasiums for wheelchairs in the Moravia-Silesia region may serve for organizers of events or trauma rehabilitation work. Knowledge which were found out in via the form of a public questionnaire may be used in the formation of social and sporting program of the Moravia-Silesia region for people with a disability. Public questionnaire was participated 58 men and...

Title of thesis: Analysis of the marketing activities of contributory organization, Sports equipment of the Jicin city. Aims of the thesis: The aim of the study is to analyze the current marketing activities of contributory organization dealing with sports facilities in Jicin. Next aim is to find the extension and quality of these activities in the relation to customer. In case of poor or inadequate usage of it, the suggestion of new marketing activities is the goal. The thesis consists of two main parts, the theoretical base and practical, which processing of marketing analysis and presentation of new proposals. The theoretical part is focused on the characteristics of funded organizations and their relationship to marketing, definition of marketing terms and concepts, and approaches the relationship between marketing and sports organizations. In the practical part the specific contributory organization is introduced and its marketing activities are investigate using questionnaire exploration and marketing analysis. Then, on the base of the results, suitable proposals are recommended, which could lead to stability and development of marketing activities. Methods: In this analysis is used of the method for personal and written interviews, which were the basis for development research. For the...

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes special study report entitled: Lighting and ventilation for sports. Includes bibliographical references.

Local governments have spent an estimated $15 to 18 billion in public subsidies to professional sport teams over the last two decades. Once a team has selected its home and a financing package is approved, cities rarely implement tactics necessary to realize these benefits, and teams aren’t made to deliver on their promises. At the same time, other benefits may be ignored by city leaders and residents. This research project is comprised of two related studies that address the following issues related to the public subsidization of professional sport teams: (1) how do a community’s expectations about hosting a team compare with the actual outcomes it experiences; and (2) what factors enable and inhibit the use of a professional sport team to accomplish community development goals. The first study is a qualitative examination of community expectations related to hosting the Corpus Christi Hooks, the double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. Using media and public document analysis, participant observation, and stakeholder interviews, the following categories of benefits were identified: economic development, community self-esteem/image, entertainment/leisure, and social welfare. The community successfully leveraged the baseball referendum to pass broader economic development and affordable housing measures. The city also has developed a successful event attraction strategy around its professional sport facilities and has experienced improved community self-esteem. However, the city has done little to leverage the team, and expected benefits have failed to materialize. The second study explores the process of sport team leverage. Using an action research approach, the efforts of a community health coalition to partner with the Hooks to address obesity prevention through a cause-marketing program was examined. Professional teams have a range of unique assets to contribute to a cause-marketing program. In this case, the team was reluctant to contribute its assets to the program. Consequently, the partnership resulted in a limited community relations program that failed to fully deliver benefits to the health coalition and the team. The following factors were identified as affecting the team’s involvement: the issue’s importance and salience, competition among local nonprofit organizations, the coalition’s leadership and brand equity, and the team’s stability and resources. / text

The purpose of this study was to determine the importance recent recruits of football programs placed on athletic facilities (specifically football facilities) in the selection of a NCAA Division I-A football team. Specifically, the opinions of recruited freshman at selected NCAA Division I-A football programs in the Big Ten Conference were examined.Participants completed a 21 item questionnaire that ascertained the football players opinions of how football facilities influenced their decisions to play football at the institution, their opinions on how the university and the football program influenced their decision to play football at that institution, and a ranking of 11 facility factors. Athletes (N = 88) representing three schools in the Big Ten Conference completed the questionnaire. The most influential factors in the recruiting process were coaching staff (M = 1.65, SD = .98) and the strength and conditioning facilities (1Vi = 2.02, SD = 1.06). Furthermore, this study found that the top five facility factors that NCAA Division I-A football players rank are strength and conditioning facilities, an academic lab, location of facilities, stand-alone facilities, and an indoor turf field. / School of Physical Education

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes special study report entitled : Lighting and ventilation for sports. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

abstract: The boom in publicly-funded sports facility construction since the 1980s resulted in studies that generally found the economic benefits accruing from facility construction do not justify the costs. However, focusing narrowly on economic costs in large cities leaves out an important part of the story. The author is interested in the possible non-economic benefits to a city from having a sports team and stadium, and focuses on determining any relationship between minor league teams and stadiums and community self-image. The methodology for this review is an assessment of the websites – primarily the website's front page – for 42 cities with minor league baseball teams. In addition, a survey of local government officials provides a layer of corroboration for the website review results. Through this assessment, the author brings together elements that contribute to three different fields – facility financing, e-government, and small and mid-sized cities. The website reviews have two elements. First, the author assesses the extent to which the website provides information about the team and stadium on the front page or a website page within two links from the front page. The result is that a relatively low amount of information about teams and stadiums is available on the 42 city websites. Second, the author assesses all the active links on the website front page and categorize the links regarding whether they are primarily directed toward residents, businesses, or tourists. On average 67 percent of the links on the 42 city websites' front pages are directed toward residents. In addition to the website reviews, the author reports on a survey of local government executives and managers regarding the city websites. The key findings from the survey are that residents are the group of most interest to the website creators; the websites' content and appearance generally are intended to reflect the communities' self-image, and; in general, the low amount of information about the teams and stadiums on the website front page accurately represents the importance of the teams and stadiums to communities' self-image. The survey results generally corroborate the website reviews. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Public Administration 2012

M.Com. (Sport Management) / The fact that South Africa is back in the international sports arena, puts a lot of pressure on the South African sportsmen and women. This also gives the South African sports people the opportunity to show the world that they can participate with the best and win. Unfortunately this pressure highlighted some other shortcomings in the South African sports world. Some of these shortcomings are the standard of training, the lack of international exposure, the management of the sport federations and the lack and quality of sport and recreation facilities. The political stance of the past, contributed towards imbalances in sport and recreation in South Africa. The Government of National Unity of South Africa is trying to correct these imbalances. The importance of sport and recreation is reflected in the 1994/1995 budget as well as in the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) of the government. One of these imbalances that is addressed in the providing of sport and recreation facilities to all the communities. The reality however is that the government can't build facilities wherever the need is. This reality in the field of sport and recreation adds to the pressure on the manager. of sport and recreation facilities. This pressure implicates that facility management involves far more than just the upkeeping of fields and buildings.

Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirement for the Masters Degree in Technology: Marketing, Durban University of Technology, 2011. / The aim of this study was to investigate customer service quality at DUT. The objectives were: to identify students’ expectations of service quality in sport at the DUT; to determine students’ perceptions of the service quality in sport at DUT; to determine the gap between expectations and perceptions; and to analyse the relationship between selected biographical characteristics and expectations and perceptions of students, using a questionnaire developed from the SERVQUAL instrument. A total of 400 students have completed the survey during the period May 2010 to June 2010. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Several service quality dimensions were identified and as expected, students’ experiences of service delivery fell short of their expectations particularly for the dimension. All the service quality dimensions in the students’ surveys of sport at the DUT contain negative mean gap scores. From these findings the Sports department at the DUT can identify more specifically the failures in its service quality and seek to improve upon them. Service quality dimensions that are deemed to be good predictors of service quality for students of the DUT sport offering have been related to factors such as the “Tangibility”, Reliability”, “Responsiveness”, “Assurance” and “Empathy. It can be observed that all these dimensions have highly negative mean gap scores. Consequently, the Durban University of Technology will have to address these dimensions more precisely in its attempt to improve its service quality, especially the “Reliability” Dimension, which has emerged as the most important service quality predictor. / M

Das Ziel dieser Analyse ist es, der Gemeinde Zschorlau anhand objektiver Kriterien eine Entscheidungshilfe für die Erhaltung und mögliche Sanierung bestimmter Sportstätten an die Hand zu geben. Zu diesem Zweck wird ein multidisziplinärer und kooperativer Ansatz verfolgt, der qualitative und quantitative Informationen aus verschiedenen Bereichen analysiert und miteinander ins Verhältnis setzt. Die Gemeinde wird in ihre endgültige Entscheidung sicherlich auch weitere nicht-finanzielle, standortspezifische und gesellschaftliche Aspekte einbeziehen, die hier nur am Rande erwähnt werden. Das Ziel dieses Dokuments ist es, Bedarfe und Möglichkeiten aufzuzeigen.