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| Rugby League Community College :: Rugby League Administration | ||
| Written by: eloquentEEL (Eels) | ||
| January 21st 2010 10:48 PM | ||
Are our courses right for you? Our analysis shows that 67% of league administrators are embarrassingly under qualified. On your organisational chart, take a look at the two blokes either side of you. At least one of them will be an ex-footy player with no formal education since high school. If both of them fall into this category, then hand this guide over to them. If only one of them answers to “Hey, Boofhead!” or if you had to look up “organisation”, “chart” or “organisational chart” then read on. Accounting Pre-requisite: Creative Writing Salary cap. Salary cap. Salary cap. Thinking outside the square is mandatory. The ability to count... optional. Need we say more? Human Resources Pre-requisite: Understanding Footballers Covering the basics, this course introduces concepts such as team dynamics and player behaviour management. Learning objectives cover team bonding (and staying out of trouble) off the field, in order to fire on the field. It can be a very fine line at times and hence our motto for this course: “Keep 'em lean and keep 'em keen. Keep 'em mean but keep 'em clean!” Public Relations Pre-requisite: Human Resources On the basis of “prevention is better than cure” it is highly recommended that our Human Resources course is completed as a pre-requisite or co-requisite. However, even with the best intentions, incidents do happen. Learn how to create a network of “journalists” who you can either hush up or who will at least attempt to put a positive spin on your story, rather than sticking the knife in... your back...... and twisting. Marketing Pre-requisite: Public Relations You won't learn how to edit a player out of a television commercial, but you will learn to think twice (or thrice, or however many times it takes to make you change your mind) before ever basing marketing campaigns around individual players (past or present) ever again. We encourage you to take our Public Relations course along with Marketing as you will have many opportunities with an attentive media (after yet another off-field scandal) and therefore plenty of chances to prove once and for all that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Apart from that, please bring some fresh ideas so that we can ... er... work through them with you. Supply Chain Management Pre-requisite: Anything except Ethics 101 In order to make sure that you have the best possible team in a tight competition, it needs to be run like a warehouse. Learn when to stockpile certain positions, when to front or back end load your contracts. Discover how to identify damaged goods and how to write them off. Find out how to identify and pre-order junior talent, imported from other teams in bulk if possible. A refresher version is available for those that completed this course several years ago. Removal of the anti-tampering deadline and increased global competition for player talent are two factors that have significantly changed the rules of the game. Finance Pre-requisite: Problem Solving Global economic crisis. Pokie machine taxes (in NSW). Multi-million dollar losses. It is time for your CFO to start getting more creative. Strategy Pre-requisites: All of the above Different strategies exist and they carry all sorts of different implications. Whether you decide you want to: 1. win at all costs, 2. stick to family values and follow the rules at all costs, 3. carry a high profile at all costs, or 4. maintain a low profile at all costs; The common denominator is that it all costs. It is therefore imperative that you learn how to assess whether your strategy aligns with that of your major sponsor (otherwise you will need to find a major sponsor that aligns with your strategy and good luck running with that idea during a recession) and that it also aligns with your playing roster (a little easier to change over the course of a couple of seasons). For those selecting strategy #1, an extra credit assignment will ensure your bean counters can make the cap fit (at least as close as they can get it) and that your marketing team can then “sell” it to the auditor. Best of luck to all 2009 students... you'll need it! Posted in the F7s Matches forum in May 2009 The F7s is an article writing competition hosted on The Front Row forums here on LeagueUnlimited.com To join a team, click on the banner below  FOR ALL F7s MATCHES, CLICK HERE |
