Friday, October 20, 2023

Sports management | Where is Sports in Pakistan heading?

This is going to be a totally different blogpost than the rest as it is related to Pakistani society, common biases, and likewise backend management.

What is meant by sports management?

The main purpose of sports management is to combine management skills with HR skills in a corporate setting. A good team needs to practice performing well, but it also needs a well-oiled supporting machine behind it to take care of everything off the field. This is where a sports manager becomes the key person.

Here are some reasons why superior sports management is important:

  • Ensuring athletes perform at their best: Sports management helps ensure that athletes are able to perform at their best by providing them with the necessary resources and support they need to succeed.
  • Preventing injuries: Sports management can help prevent injuries by ensuring that athletes are properly trained and equipped with the right gear.
  • Improving overall team performance: Sports management can help improve the overall performance of a team by providing them with the necessary resources and support they need to succeed.
  • In conclusion, superior sports management is essential for the success of any sports team. It helps ensure that athletes are able to perform at their best, prevents injuries, and improves overall team performance.

Mismanagement and ںالائقی of Pakistanis

Just because we as nation have a sense of insecurity with others, we aren't collaborative unlike western countries which is solely based on collaborating environment, instead you're gauged on the basis of how much you're providing to the society, can or are we able to assure the same towards our society? In a society which is based on the fact that most of us believe in شراب سے وضو کرنا methodology, so how come we could able to improve ourselves?
In a society which is based on nepotism and likewise favoritism, (both terms are used in alternative for each other but actually there are subtle differences in application of these terms), where in the society it is not believed in circulation of talents and capability, instead things have been otherwise, where whether someone is talented or have the skills, otherwise capability of doing something in particular circumstances, which is the main moto of HR i.e., right person for the right place at right time; so if we Pakistan's ain't sincere with ourselves as Pakistanis, so why young generation is going to respite Pakistan? because we as elders are their vision to the world, means they are going to view what we are going to show them and likewise whatever WE FEED INTO THEIR MIND, so I should not include religion here but little bit of religious stinge, which is solely based on accountability aspect. where Pakistan has been suffering and have suffered due to lack of accountability, again I should not bring Pakistani "dirty" politics here, but former politicians of Pakistan, who have been acting like سو چوہے کھا کر بلی حج کو چلی yet Pakistani civilians have not retaliated on what have been robbed off them.

Sports management, Pakistan and our current educational curriculum

I might be diverting little bit away from sports and cricket genre, but due to it related to cultural norm of Pakistani society, I feel these issues should be addressed, as I personally (apologies for redundantly using this term) feel that due to inconsistency (am I being acted as Misbah ul Haq) and likewise momentum (read: Shoaib Malik), we have not created a culture of learning and continuous improvement, because continuous improvement requires continuity, and this has been the factor which we progressed negatively.

Educational mindset and Short-term achievement matrix

I personally (again sorry) feel that there should be mission-and-vision sort of mindset what we are planning to achieve in x amount of time, which definitely requires subtle research work, and hence have we invested on in-house research teams? We have not even tried in investing on how much DATA and related DATA which Turns into INFORMATION which makes some sense

Data and Information differentials

The terms “data” and “information” are often used interchangeably, but they have different meanings. According to 1, data refers to individual facts, figures, or statistics that are unorganized and unrefined. Data can be a number, symbol, character, word, codes, graphs, etc. On the other hand, information is data that has been processed, organized, and structured in a meaningful context. Information is utilized by humans in some significant way (such as to make decisions, forecasts etc.). For example, a computer uses programming scripts, formulas, or software applications to turn data into information.
  • Data is unorganized and unrefined facts.
  • Information comprises processed, organized data presented in a meaningful context.
  • Data is an individual unit that contains raw materials which do not carry any specific meaning.
  • Information is a group of data that collectively carries a logical meaning.
  • Raw data alone is insufficient for decision making.
  • Information is sufficient for decision making.
So these are definitely unexplored strata of opportunities we Pakistanis are criminally ignoring, because utilizing the AVAILABLE data is something everybody in today's world could do; even those who says; ہم نے دھوپ میں بال سفید نہیں کئے ہیں but isn't it an opportunity inside Pakistan for us Pakistanis that we create our own data management skills? and Continuously incorporate such criterions not to indulge into national interest? For which we are have to think as Pakistanis not that insecure کاشف and/or سمیہ who're always in fear کہ کہیں مجھ سے آگے نا نکل جائے ; this is where our national curriculum is to be blamed, because it is unable to horn this aspect into minds of our students, furthermore we are unable to generate this aspect into our national curriculum, that there is always another way; which currently while I am writing these lines, doesn't available.

Where is sports management in it?

This is the era of data management, and hence whoever have the access the data and have that skills to elaborate that raw data into relevant information is the new king (read: Google), so if we instead of investing on homegrown talent, we have been criminally negligent to provide chances to foreign elements to COMPILE, CONDUCT and ANALYZE our DATA and yet convert it to information which could definitely be used against us, because we are not prepared for this newer challenge, yet because we do not treat it as a newer threat.
In common-laymen term, sports management is all about conduct data, compiling them and analyzing the outcome of those data, from which if something may go haywire, how it affects could be reduced, and this is what a sports manager does, so these have been some aspects which I wanted to address just because we as nation still take "unconventional" job selection as بیوقوفی just because even in 2024, we have been living under stone, and living under a "conformity" bias, undermining the unearth opportunities hidden behind those "unconventional jobs", for which we elders are to be blamed.

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