Operational Management terms for Grounds Management

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Any material, such as tree branches, glass, stones, metal etc. which is present on a turfgrass surface.

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A popular artificial sports surface, especially during the 1950s and to early 1980s, until synthetic surfaces arrived on the scene. It was quite common as a school facility, particularly where a joint use arrangement existed between a school and an adjacent sports centre. Use would typically be reserved for school usage during the day, until about 5pm and then the surface would be available at evenings and weekends for adult and non-school. Hard porous surfaces were an early form of MUGA and were a suitable general-purpose surface between a grass pitch, which may have relatively poor drainage,

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The aim is to provide a smooth, even and firm surface, without any undulations, which can provide good grip for turning, running and stick-ball control. The pitch needs to be well drained to avoid water collecting on the surface as this will affect ball roll and the ability of players to gain good traction with the grass sward. Whilst much hockey is often played on synthetic surfaces, especially for national competitions, there are still many grass hockey pitches which need maintaining, with about 800 being identified by Sport England in 2020. The school hockey level of play can be categor

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Undesirable depressions and scrapings within a turf surface.

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Depressions and dips in a turf surface.

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The growing, propagation and maintenance of plants, including fruit and vegetables (although these plant types overlap with agriculture, especially when grown commercially on a large scale).

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A sports pitch which has been specially constructed, and which includes reinforcement material to aid stability, increase carrying capacity and improve playing quality.

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An approach to budgeting whereby a manager will increase the previous year’s or period’s actual or planned budget by a certain amount, which might typically be in line with inflation, or similar.

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A score or value which is a combination of other scores or values to provide an indication of an overall state, condition, or trend of a feature, product, service, or similar.

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The provision of context and meaning to data, which is desirable if not essential if well-informed decisions are to be made.

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