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PostPosted: 11 Oct 2010, 01:41 

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what is the impact of sport in the work setting?


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PostPosted: 11 Oct 2010, 13:34 
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What does that mean?

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PostPosted: 11 Oct 2010, 18:22 

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Sports has several benefits such as development of confidence and discipline to an individual. I wonder if an institution can also benefit from sports. Can sports improve the employees' performance? or help any institution reach its own objectives?


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PostPosted: 11 Oct 2010, 18:54 
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That is a question for the ages.

I used to believe that the disciplines that were learned by playing sports make everything better. There may have been a time when that was true, but as in life, most things change.

I think that sport mirrors society as a whole. As society (at least in the U. S., I do not know where you are from) society has turned increasingly self centered and narcissistic and that is reflected in the behavior of its athletes. Since things such as this have a trickle down effect, we see more and more young people acting the same way. Sports used to teach people teamwork, goal setting, how to handle failure, etc. Society in general has no patience for any of that anymore. Overprotective parents, well intentioned as they are, shield kids from failure, disappointment and the lessons that can be learned from both. Win only mentality robs players of most of their feeling of accomplishment.

I do not believe that sports can ingrain in an individual or his performance beyond what he is capable of in his own life. However, if the things that he believes are special in sports can be injected into situations off the field of play, the player may attack those situations with the same passion he he has in his sport.

Whether sports can help an institution reach its own objective depends on what that institution's objectives are. Whatever they are, this can be a really slippery slope. As evidenced by what happens in college sports, athletes definitely help institutions reach objectives but at the cost of objectifying the athletes and coaches and treating them as commodities. As soon as they stop progressing toward that objective they are discarded without second thought. That is because the institution's goals are financial, not educational.

If you are asking about business institutions, I feel the process will be the same. If the institutions goals are financial, the athlete's value will be determined solely but his ability to bring in a dollar.

If you are asking if the intrinsic value of sport can add value to employees and business, unquestionably it can. There are very few things in life that demand the passion and intensity that is required of sport. If the employee embraces the value of the institution, you can see benefit. The larger question is would it be possible for institutions to embrace the intrinsic value of sport.

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