Scientific Study from the year 2012 in the subject Sport - Sport Economics, Sport Management, , language: English, abstract: A ten-dimensional global sports study covering: 1. THE NATION AS THE DOMINANT FORCE: THE CULTURAL AMBIVALENCE INHERENT IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND IN GLOBAL SPORTS 2. THE SOCIO-HISTORICAL ASPECT 3. THE CULTURAL IMPERATIVE OF GLOBAL SPORTS 4. SOCCER FROM AN ECONOMIC AND A POLITICAL STANDPOINT 5. SOCCER FROM A SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 6. CULTURAL STRATEGY, TACTICS AND STYLES OF SOCCER 7. THE WESTERN CULTURAL BIAS WITH REGARD TO THE CULITVATION OF HUMAN BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT AND COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES TO HUMAN INTEGRITY AND WHOLENESS 8. ORIENT AND OCCIDENT: EAST-WEST SYNERGY 9. A UNIVERSAL CULTURE OF COMMUNICATION FOR THE GLOBAL ERA 10 A UNIVERSAL TOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT: THE TRANSCULTURAL PROFILER