Organisational Roles of Chesterfield College

Organisational Roles

The main organisational roles on my placement are Neil Cluxon, Carl Vickers, Dave Rushbury and the Security Team.

Neil Cluxon – Neil is the main coach at the football academy and he manages the boys 1^st team.  He was my placement manager and was the one that I reported to each week during placement.  Some of the roles that Neil has to undertake as the main coach are, picking the first team to play at the games, organise the fixtures for the teams to play, and to organise kit and equipment ready for games.  He has to aim towards the team winning their games for the College, so in doing that, he has to coach the students to the best of their ability.  He has to take on the leadership role in the squad and wants the students to look up to him as their role model.  According to Mullins (2002),

“Leadership might be based on a function or personality, or it can be seen as a behavioural category.  It may also be viewed in terms of the role of the leaders and their ability to achieve effective performance from others”.

Carl Vickers – Carl’s main role in the academy is to coach the teams, and to lead the warm up sessions before the games.  This role is important because he needs to make sure that all of the players are properly warmed up before each game to reduce the chances of any of them getting injured during the game.  During the warm up, Carl also needs to motivate the team before the game to win.  This gives the team something to aim towards and want to achieve for themselves and the College. 

Dave Rushbury – Dave manages the reserve team for the academy.  This means he gets to pick the team for each game and has the main responsibilities for them during training sessions.  One of the biggest roles that Dave has in the academy is that he is a professionally trained physiotherapist.  This is a huge benefit to the academy to have such a highly skilled physio on the side of the pitch at each game. 

Security Team – the security team are an important role in this organisation because they are all trained in first aid and are well prepared for anything that may happen during training or a game.  They also have the responsibility of making sure the facilities and equipment are well looked after and that there has been no damage done whilst occupying away teams. 

Another role in this organisation is the volunteers at the academy, like myself.  Together there are five of us volunteering at the academy, and some of the roles that we have to undertake whilst we are there are:

·         Making sure the kit is ready and sorted out before each game

·         Getting the equipment out ready for training or a game

·         Filling all of the water bottles up before training or a game

·         Leading warm up session

·         Promoting the academy in a variety of ways

·         Performing admin work

References

Hannagan, T. (2008) Management: Concepts & Practice. Fifth Edition. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited.

Mullins, L. J. (2002). Management and Organisational Behaviour. Sixth Edition. Harlow, Essex; Pearson Education Limited.

Torkildsen, G. (2005). Leisure and recreation Management. Fifth Edition. Oxon. Routledge.