Komunikacija u sportu - stručno- naučni tim
Communication In Sport - Professional-Scientific Team

Summary/Abstract: Sport, as a very particular social field, contributes to the affirmation of young people through training and competition. Bymethod of individual or team communica-tion within the group, the professional-scientificteam uses its knowledge to contribute to the acquisition of new knowledge. Important factors that determine success in this group depend on three types of processes that exist within the professional team: (1) structuring, (2) group processes, and (3) leadership. Depending on the circumstances, the complex communicative situation shapes the static and dynamic aspects of communication in the professional-scientific team. Group structuring is the process in which the position or place of an individual in a collective is determined. Group processes occur dynamically among group members in the course of its structuring or in the course of its activities. The process that tends to sustain the group in achieving their common goals is cohesion (Carron, 1987, in Tušak & Tušak, 2001). Therefore, within group processes we differ between the following: a) effects, b) sources, and c) factors of cohesiveness. Depending on the selection of members and their interpersonal communication, direction, and goals, we determined three types of leadership: autocratic, democratic, and anarchic type. The democratic leadership type calls for cooperation and the division of responsibilities and roles. The leader is the coordinator of a joint operation with the necessary initiative. The autocratic type of leadership calls for submission and “blind” task completion. The anarchic leadership (“laissez faire”) is based on the unrestricted freedom of membership and it may be the most liberal of all. The leadership boils down to delegating tasks, and the interconnections of members are at an unacceptably low level. Depending on the circumstances, the complex communicative situation shapes the static and dynamic aspects of communication in the professional-scientific team. Acceptance of the autocratic type of leadership within the professional team ensures that the profession is thus separated from the growing influence of politics and centres of power because the entire professional power now clearly rests with the elected leader of the professional team. The most acceptable model of leadership in sport is the democratic model, whereas free communication is functionally unacceptable. Sport result is determined by objective and subjective factors of success, which are highly dependent on interpersonal communicative relationships.

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