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Rowing South Africa: Leadership Lessons through Sport

Verity Hawarden; Amy Moore

Product #:9B20C056
Supplier:Ivey/GIBS
Discipline:Organizational Behaviour/Leadership, Sustainability
Setting:South Africa, 2019
Details:Case (PDF) • 10 pages • 2021-02-04

Subjects:

Organizational cultureLeadership and managing peopleOrganizational behaviorManagement

Industries:

Media, entertainment, and professional sports

Geography:

AfricaSouth Africa
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In 2019, the development officer at Rowing South Africa was contemplating how to continue the growth of the sport of rowing in a challenging environment. More funding was needed to attain her mandate of extending the sport to previously unexposed communities. Rowing South Africa operated in a complex setting, but the sport had much to contribute to participants. The benefits of rowing were physical and psychological, personal and professional, and often leading to success in many aspects of life. How could she articulate these benefits to increase participation in the sport and attract more funding to support?

Learning Objectives

The case can be used in graduate, postgraduate, and executive education programs focusing on performance management, creating a learning environment for leadership development, organizational behaviour, human behaviour, and team dynamics. The case could also be used in courses on sports management and managing in emerging markets. Students will consider the key personal and team drivers and the enablers of high performance. After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to
  • identify how performance is built by developing self-efficacy, and identify enablers and barriers to self-efficacy;
  • analyze different building blocks to create a learning organization;
  • assess and recommend different learnings for corporate organizations when developing teams and individuals; and
  • evaluate the particular challenges facing athletes in developing countries, and how a sport’s governing body might respond.
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