MAN6301 Project Risk Management: Australian Olympic Team Report

This report undertakes a risk assessment of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games from the viewpoint of the Australian National Athletes team. It identifies various risks that could impact the team's performance, including performance issues, logistical challenges, security threats, public relations concerns, financial constraints, and health-related problems. The report analyzes these risks, categorizing them as internal or external, and assesses their likelihood and potential impact. Drawing on the 2010 Norway Olympic Games as a case study, the report aims to provide insights into effective risk management strategies for the Australian team. It discusses risk assessment techniques and emphasizes the importance of proactive measures to mitigate potential issues before and during the games. The conclusion highlights the significance of this risk analysis for the Australian team and suggests further research on risk control strategies in similar sporting events.

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Introduction
This report discusses the risk assessment mechanism inside a global sporting event
from a competing team’s viewpoint (Hopkin, 2018). Tokyo is selected for the 2020 Olympic
Games and the game will give the world a memorable game. In this report, various aspects
are identified, which can create multiple issues by the Olympic participants that can impact
the strategies of the games of the participants in Olympic. This report aims to focus the risk
assessment of the Australian National Athletes team in the 2020 Olympic and the main
objective of this report is to identify the risks and assess the risks effectively by considering
the previous risks of the Olympic in order to mitigate the risks before the athletes face it
(Derom & Lee, 2014). This report is being conducted based on the previous cases of Olympic
and the risks related to that. This report focuses on the risks and the perception of the athletes
and the outcomes of the 2010 Norway Olympic Game, which will help in identifying the
risks factors and how the strategies helped the athletes for being selected in the 2010 Norway
Olympic Game (Mountjoy, Rhind, Tiivas & Leglise, 2015). For assessing the risks and
evaluating the result of the various aspects, this paper will discuss the risks assessment
techniques and the impact of the risks on the Australian National Athletes Team as well as
the classification and occurrence of the risks.
Risk Assessment
To grasp the risk concerns and approaches of participating parties, it is important to
under everything regarding major sporting activities viewed from the participating team's
viewpoint (Slovic, 2016). Several issues will interrupt the planning and execution. It will stop
athlete involvement and, in the worst scenario, trigger significant injuries or even athlete's
death. This is the new experience for the some coaches and leaders, and in particular for
athletes. The Olympic activity policy relies not only on the avoidance and treatment of

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adverse incidents but also on incentives. The challenge would be that nearly any negative
factor can undermine the ability of the participants for performing optimally. There are
always really tiny differences even the best athletes, which ensures planning has to provide a
large outlook and give attention to specific information that may be deemed trivial in many
other environments.
By the analysis of the risks and the risks management strategy of the 2010 Norway
National Olympic from the findings of the issues those were faced by the participants of the
Norway National Team during the Olympic game of 2010. After analysing the risks, which
were faced by the National team of Norway, this is identified that this is very vital for the
country Australia and the Australian National team as this provide the opportunity for the
team to perform successfully. The participants of the Australian National team will be able to
focus on the performance in the Olympic game and the various risks are identified in the
project. Considering these issues, this can be said that the Australian National team can also
those problems, which will provide the team an idea and knowledge for avoiding the risks in
the performance of the game.
The aim of this study is to describe the problems of risk management in a large-scale
sporting event from the viewpoint of an Australia's competing national Olympic team and
also to examine how the team managed risk measures before and after the 2020 Olympic
Games in Tokyo.

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Risk Management Data Collection
Categor
y
Sub-Category Project Phase Risk Event Description Internal/
External
Positive/
Negativ
e
Likelihood Impact
1 Performa
nce
Training or
Coaching
During the
game
There is a
possibility that
the trainers
would not be
willing to
prepare the
teams on an
international
basis. Coaches
do not have the
qualifications
(Youngman &
Simpson, 2014).
It is claimed that
the bond between
athlete and coach is
a positive example
that everybody
looks to the power,
encouragement and
participation of
coaching is
reported for having
the beneficial effect
on the athlete
outcome.
Internal Positive Possible Strong
influence as
the coaches are
the ones who
practice and
prepare
the athletes for
the game.
Teamwork During the
game
Throughout the
project, there is
a possibility that
creating a
partnership is
the vital thing to
be effective.
Teamwork gives
rise to shared
confidence, team
leaders collaborate
and such favourable
atmosphere
improves player
efficiency
(McEwan &
Internal Positive Likely Strong
influence as
the
coordination is
connected to
victory and
success.

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Beauchamp, 2014).
Favouritism During the
entire event
Coaches might
have favourite
athlete or
personal choice,
there is a
chance. This can
have an effect on
team
cooperation as
well as trust.
Favouritism is the
collective
hierarchical
interests preferred
by certain
competitors over
others (Platow,
Hunter,
Branscombe &
Grace, 2014).
This will render the
players lose unity
and team spirit
demotivate.
Internal Negative Unlikely Medium effect
because it will
affect the
team's results.
2
.
Logistic
for the
event
Accommodation
of the athletes
During the
game.
Bad
accommodation
can create issues
for the coaches
and athletes.
The developing
country will pay
close attention to
standard
accommodation as
such significant
event would impact
the host country
socially,
economically and
politically
Internal Positive Likely Given such
atmosphere
with good
food, high
impact lodging
away from
home would
inspire athletes
to play well.

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(Maennig &
Vierhaus, 2017).
Transportation
issues of the
entire event
Till the time of
final
tournament
There is a
possibility that a
secure
transportation
mode over the
whole event will
be provided for
the teams.
For the Olympic
competitors, safe
and convenient
mode of transport is
an integral part of
the effective
Olympic game.
Internal Positive Likely High effect as
a strong mode
of transport
and communic
ation mechanis
m is in place
will inspire the
players so they
will practice so
perform well if
they are on
schedule
during the
events.
3
.
Security
issues
Terrorist attack During the
game.
There is a
possibility that
the attacker
would also
target these
significant
activities.
From early times
sports are
connected with
extremism and
abuse. Terrorists
are still looking for
sports.
External Negative Unlikely Catastrophic
effects would
be affected as
the entire
world.
Threats for the
team
Throughout the
entire Project
There is a
possibility that
aggressive fans
could attack the
athletes and
coaches
People's challenge
has influenced the
attention, morale,
and success of the
players and
management during
External Negative Unlikely Big effect as
players get
demoralised
and
traumatized
and can have

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(Kotenko,
Doynikova &
Chechulin,).
the entire
tournament.
vital impact
over the
Australian
National
Team.
4
Public
Relation
Media releases
and
communication
Throughout the
entire Project
There is a
possibility that
the media will
exploit the
incidents and by
creating
uncertainty and
harassment the
criticism can
impact the
participants and
the teams.
Media such as
newspapers,
television writers,
etc. could issue
misleading or
negative coverages
that might
negatively impact
Olympic game
participants,
resulting in
needless tension
and criticism
(Billings, Angelini
& MacArthur,
2017).
External Negative Possible Medium
influence as
the players
who would
affect their
success will be
pressurized
and
discouraged.
Marketing of the
sports
During the
entire event
There is a
possibility that
the sports might
not be
adequately
promoted that
will impact the
development of
Sports promotion is
the practice of
selling sports goods
and deals that are of
interest to
consumers and all
of their internal and
External Positive unlikely High effect as
fans would be
impacted by
weak publicity,
so the audience
would display
low interest in
the Olympic

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sport
entertainment.
external partners
(Hanstad, Parent &
Houlihan, 2014).
Using media
attention, the sport
marketing approach
has a beneficial
impact that will
boost exposure and
draw more
audiences.
game.
5
Financial Financial
Support
During the
entire project
There is a
possibility that if
they struggle to
comply to fulfil
their sponsor’s
standards the
team can forfeit
sponsorships to
funds.
Olympic games
require funds to
fulfil the squad
leader’s financial
difficulties and
costs and to support
the match.
The benefits of the
supporter are that
they have the
opportunity to do
the joint publicity
campaign,
advertisement to
support their
External Positive Likely Strong impact
to support and
encourage the
team as well as
the game
because
sponsorship is
needed.

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business (Schinke,
R. J., Stambulova,
Trepanier &
Oghene, 2015).
Corruptions Throughout the
entire Project
There is a
chance of
manipulating
athletes and
coaches and
engaging them
in illegal activity
(Potts, 2014).
World Olympic
have generated
enormous popular
interest and are on
the rise of
commercialization,
scandals such as
bribing, and money
muddling.
External Negative Possible Strong impact
as the
dishonest
participant
would be
disqualified
and the image
of the
organization
and its support
will be
damaged.
6
.
Health Physical Injures Throughout the
entire project
Throughout the
match and
preparation time,
there is a
possibility that
the players may
get hurt (Kim,
Park & Kang,
2015).
.Illness has led
athletes to miss
games
Internal Negative Likelihood High Impact
Mental Illness During the
game.
There is danger
that mental
disorder may
Mental disorder has
an impact on
athlete’s progress.
Internal Negative Likelihood High Impact

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impact the
athletes.
Doping or drugs
and involvement
in the illegal
actives
Qualifying the
final game.
There is a
possibility that
competitors
would be
permitted to use
medications
during
tournaments.
Doping will trigger
the players
for losing control of
themselves and
misbehave.
Internal Negative Unlikely Medium effect
on the team as
the athletes
will be tested
before
participating
and performing
the game. If
test is found
positive then
the athlete will
be disqualified
which will
impact the
entire team.

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Risk Category Risk Sources
Internal Teamwork, logistic, performance and health
External Political unrest, Marketing, inflation, Financial, safety and
security issues
Risk Impact Descriptors
Description Impact
Negligible No effect marginal, rectified by standard procedures.
Small Minor Effects, and easy to fix.
Medium Moderate effect when certain targets are compromised, and
significant work is taken to fix them.
High Most goals were endangered, including one that was seriously
affected.
Catastrophic Several targets cannot be reached, even seriously impaired by many.
Risk Likelihood Descriptors
Rare Very doubtful, this could or may not actually happen.
Unlikely Not planned but occasionally may happen.
Possible The case will occur as like the occurrence has happened and been reported
in the past.
Possibly Would arise in certain cases or conditions.
Very Certain Very probable to occur under certain cases and is supposed to.
Conclusion
From this study this can be concluded that 2020 Tokyo Olympic is the most vital
stage for the athletes to showcase their talent and being remembered by the entire world.

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However, before or during the game, the athletes can face several risks or challenges, which
needs to be identified effectively for taking measures in order to avoid the risks. The risks
assessment will provide the idea and knowledge for avoiding the risks in the performance of
the game for the 2020 Olympic game in Tokyo. By considering the findings of the previous
Olympic case scenario in 2010, much knowledge can be gained about the conflicts and the
impacts. By considering the identification of the risks and multiple important aspects, which
can impact the team as well as the team members and can create a barrier in performing. This
risk reduction analysis should be repeated from the viewpoint of a competing team in other
sport event environments and in different forms of sport organisations to assess the feasibility
of the approaches used in this research. There is no question that the risk control approaches
structure will be applied to the involved team’s study, but the areas of avoidance, ethical, and
reallocation are less important areas. Contrary to the research on the risk control in sporting
activities viewed from the point of view of a venue or organising committee, the Australian
National Athlete Team emphasized the possibilities in their training, while the control was
concerned about how to prevent the specific risks. The belief that vulnerability has
consequences about how we research and see. This would be of concern if further work on
risk control in sporting competitions could be empirically evaluated from a host viewpoint,
whether exploiting incentives might offer insightful insight.