Accounting to Athletics The fundamental language of business is accounting, the fundamental language

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Accounting to AthleticsThe fundamental language
of business is accounting, the fundamental
language of athletics is teamwork.

• Bubba Cunningham
• Director of Athletics, The University of Tulsa

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Accounting to Athletics

• Background
• College Experience
• Professional Jobs
• College Athletics
• Accounting Profession
• Success

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Background

• Flint, MI
• Naples, FL

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College Experience

• Notre Dame
• Accounting Major
• MBA - Marketing

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Professional Jobs

• Public Accounting
• Alumni Relations
• Athletic Administration
• Ticket Office

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College Athletics

• Great Industry
• Students
• Coaches
• Learning
• Sports

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Football

• 1 Head Coach
• 9 Assistant Coaches
• 2 Graduate Assistants
• 2-4 Quality Control
• 1 High School Relations
• 1 Operations
• 2 Trainers
• 2-3 Strength Coaches
• 105 Players

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Teamwork

• Football
• Offense
• Quarterback
• Running Back
• Lineman
• Receivers
• Defense
• Lineman
• Linebackers
• Corners
• Safeties

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Success

• Create Targets
• Track Progress
• Conduct Assessments
• Make Adjustments
• Goal Attainment

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Institute of Management Accountants

• Vision
• The worlds leading organization dedicated to
  empowering management accounting and finance
  professionals to drive business performance

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Accountants

• Score keepers
• Record keepers
• Informed and Informative
• Analytic and Strategic

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Management Accounting

• the process of identification, measurement,
  accumulation, analysis, preparation,
  interpretation, and communication of information
  used by management to plan, evaluate, and control
  within an entity and to assure appropriate use of
  and accountability for its Resource (economics)
  resources.

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Corporations

• Finance
• Sales
• Marketing
• Production
• Human Resources

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Teams vs. Groups

• Group
• Two or more people that interact with one
  another, accept expectations and obligations as
  members of the group, and share a common
  identity
• Team
• Group of people linked in a common purpose

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Successful Organizations

• Single Vision
• Focused Efforts
• Commitment by Staff
• Relentless Pursuit of Goals

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Alignment Achievement
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Institute of Management Accountants

• Mission
• To provide a dynamic forum for management
  accounting and finance professionals to develop
  and advance their careers through certification,
  research and practice development, education
  networking, and the advocacy of the highest
  ethical and professional practices.

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Closing Thoughts

• All organizations, teams, and companies succeed
  or fail based on people.

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Final Recommendation