Community and Organizational Values in Cricket Australia Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of Cricket Australia, focusing on its community and organizational values. It identifies key values such as equity, participation, integration, culture, quality, and flexibility, illustrating their significance in the Australian cricket landscape. The report outlines the community profile, highlighting cricket's popularity and the vision of Cricket Australia to be the leading sport. It reviews existing provisions, including inventory management of equipment and facilities. Furthermore, the report determines the needs of the cricket community, such as financial resources, talented players, coaches, and professional umpires. Finally, it proposes development strategies, including funding plans, promotional strategies, and appointments of coaches and umpires to enhance the sport. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of these values and strategies for the future of cricket in Australia.

Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
Key community values and organisational philosophy..............................................................1
Community profile......................................................................................................................2
Review existing provisions.........................................................................................................2
Determination of needs...............................................................................................................3
Development proposal................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Australia plays an important role in promoting cricket. It has an significant place in the
cricket field. Community and organisational values are identified in developing cricket in
country. Inventory for sports event or facility services are been reviewed. Determining the needs
faced by cricket community or organisation.
Main Body
Key community values and organisational philosophy
Community values and organisational philosophy are the guiding principles that are
required in about the way in organisation and community work (Sims and et.al., 2017).
Below given are some core values of community and of Cricket Australia: Equity: Equity as community and organisational key value promotes equality in cricket
as well as in the society. All are been given equal chance to show them in society and in
cricket. Participation: Every person should participate for developing community and in cricket
participate for winning the match. Integration: Integration helps to live according to the values, recognise and teaching the
values of the community and Cricket organisation. This helps to train players in the team
and helps to determine behaviour and measure their performance (Brukner and Gara,
2017). Culture: Cultural values of community promotes various culture in country and cricket as
people from different cultures participate and watch matches. Quality: One of the main community and organisational values are providing quality of
services and performance in society as well as in cricket. This makes a quality society
and players. Flexibility: Flexibility as community and organisational value helps the community to
adopt changes that would occur in the country and helps the cricket team for change their
strategies and plans according to situations (Orchard and et.al., 2015).
Community profile
In Australian culture cricket have an important place. With over 1.2 million participants
cricket is one of the most popular sport in Australia. To become Australia's favourite sport is the
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vision of Cricket Australia. The game need to be relevant, affordable and inclusive for achieving
the vision and for reflecting Australia's cultural diversity and attract new players and fans for the
game. By making it a sport of all Australians. With constant changes in the society, it becomes
important that it welcomes everyone. Australia has a multi cultured society as one of the four
Australians are born overseas and around half population have at least one foreign born parent.
As a top sport played across every nation, cricket inspire and attracts people of all age, sex,
ability and culture and joins continents, countries, together under cricket spirit. For attract more
members from Australia's diverse population welcoming environment is created by clubs and
associations. Improve access to wide range of non-traditional participants, like indigenous
communities, non-English speakers, women, disabled peoples by Australian cricket. They
support disability teams in competing at an international level, tournament for indigenous
Australians like National indigenous cricket championship (Prien, Dvorak and Junge, 2017).
Review existing provisions
Inventory in crickets are all the facilities or equipments that are used in a cricket
tournament (Wright and et.al., 2017). Inventory management in cricket is essential for
maintaining the stock of equipments used in cricket such as bats, balls, stumps, etc. Australian
cricket have to maintain its inventories regularly as daily matches are been conducted whether it
is international or national or junior tournament. Cricket organisation has to maintain the
inventory of balls and bats and other essential gears like helmets, gloves, etc. They should do
regular accounting for managing inventories in the club or organisation. Cricket Australia also
have to check for the seating arrangements for audiences and fans, have to sell tickets for which
they have to estimate the number of viewers and spectators and accordingly have to print tickets.
The pitch and ground are also inventory of the cricket organisation, they have to maintain the
pitch and the ground of the stadiums, and also have to ensure that every light is properly
functioning during the game. During their last tournament they have inventories of Balls around
500, bats around 50-60, stumps set about 25 pairs, gears like helmets, leg pads, etc., about 50-60
pairs each.
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Determination of needs
Determining needs is most important step in making plans for a facility. It is required for
planning for making a cricket tournament successful and for identifying the need of the
community or organisation. Need determination is needed for considering issues in the sport,
changing role of sports, to access the opportunity in the sports, for making sustainability
strategies. To avoid unnecessary duplication of any facility or activities it is important for
determining the needs of event by the cricket community (Kountouris and Orchard, 2017).
The main need for the cricket community is of financial resources that is been required
for the smooth functioning of cricket sports events. Without the finance or money the community
can't achieve its targets and goals. The next need for the cricket community is of having talented
and young players for playing the tournament. They also require trainers and coaches for training
the players and developing their skills. They are required for developing the teams and players
and to bring out their talents from within them. There is a need for professional umpires who
would look for the matches are been conducted according to the rules and laws of the crickets.
They need workers for helping the authorities in the cricket for smooth functioning of the event.
Development proposal
For developing a sport event concept in line with the above needs analysis. The Cricket
organisation has to make various strategies regarding the various needs of Australian cricket
association (Humphries, Orchard and Kountouris, 2015). They have to make funding plans for
making the budgets for the organisation and for the smooth functioning of the tournament. They
have to make various promotional strategies for attracting young and talented players for joining
the team and give their best for showing their talent for the country in national as well as
international level. New appointment of trainers and coaches is to be done for the training and
development of the players. Australian cricket association has to appoint experienced coaches to
train their young, skill full players and to bring out their talent and skills. Appointments of
professional umpires are also been required to be done by Australian cricket association for the
regulation of rules within the tournament. Employees for the groundwork are required for
performing various tasks in the ground like collecting ball, cleaning pitch, providing drinks and
refreshments to the players, etc.
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Conclusion
From this report we get to know about the various key community and organisational
values followed by the Cricket Australia. Australia being a culturally diverse country it promotes
their citizens to promote and participate in cricket. Australia cricket vision is to making cricket as
the main sport in the country. There are certain needs that are faced by the cricket community or
organisation and must develop a concept for determining the needs of the cricket community.
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