Upper Echelons in Professional Sport

Article Review

Upper Echelons in Professional Sport: The Impact of NBA General Managers on Team Performance

Background:

• This study is based on the general manager that works with the team. This article reflects the light on how the team performs well in the organization. How the general manager takes decisions in the situation of the team or leading the organization.
• GM = general manager; NBA = National Basketball Association; MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area.
• The professional sports organization’s performance is measured by two methods.
• Team performance depends on all the team members. Team performance measured by approach considers as financial performance of an organization or institute
• Media also play a vital role in ticket sale and negotiation purpose. This profit that earns utilized for improvements of human resource infrastructure. Another way of analyzing the performance of a team to see the performance in a field or practical way.

Purpose:

• The purpose of this article is to consider team performance and how it impacts on organizational performance.

Methods:

• The variables used for this study are independent and dependent on nature.
• The population took for this study GM and team members NBA session 1997-1998 that ending in the 2014-2015 season.
• The sample for this study was 82 different GMs that were employees of previous sessions. The method of data collection used was observation.
• The data of the U.S. and Canada were challenging to collect.
• Win and efficacy were dependent variables that fall independent variable category.
• The number of total seasons of NBA and GMs was independent variables.
• Aid was controlled variable.
• Two franchises are given data and see the impact of team revenues. The ability could be related to GMs and influence of the team, winning ability how much enhance with team collaboration.
• The total sample took 489 team season employees’ observation and also included 82 different GMs.
• Summary statistics for all variables shown in Table. 1, this table carried the results of 1 to 22 seasons within an average of six seasons.
• The researcher utilized the 70 sessions of the team players and collected data.
• Table 2 represents the correlation between dependent and independent variables.
• Table 3 represents the impact of general manager characteristics winning and efficiency.
• The correlation between both variables has moderate variables.
• The researcher estimated the regression model that examines the relationship between the general manager and organization performance.

Discussions:

• According to GM tenure increase for executives within an organization.
• In the resultant team abilities become static.
• Employees increase the tenure, and they have strategies approach due to lack of innovations.
• TMT organization has an impact on strategy
• TMT employees have purposeful experience, and their background has successful new strategy development.
• The correlation between independent and dependent variables has a relationship; it means efficacy and winning approach has an impact on the organization performance. This study helps in how a leader or team players take decisions when they are leading the team or organization.
• The General Manager player may have exposed to innovative comprises talents of the player.
• The NBA is a career positively associated with the performance of the whole team.
• The significant findings General managers have specific technical skills that are related to professional experience.
• The result showed that a lack of general support manager is associated with organizational performance.
• Higher the support of general manager that directly impact on the team winning

Conclusion:

• It is concluded that NBA team players do a difficult task. Unique experience and characteristics play a vital role in enhancing the performance of an organization. This study is important for the elite level talent in players that indicates positive returns towards the general manager.
• This study helps our understanding of how upper levels interact with the team and take decisions in an organization.

Reference

Juravich et al “Upper Echelons in Professional Sport…. Performance.” Journal of Sport Management (JSM) 31.5 (2017): 466-479.