Managing Sports Organizations
Responsibility for Performance
- 2nd Edition - February 23, 2007
- Latest edition
- Authors: Daniel Covell, Sharianne Walker, Julie Siciliano, Peter W. Hess
- Language: English
Managing Sport Organizations, 2e is a newly updated and comprehensive introduction to the themes and elements surrounding sport management. The book teaches management theory and… Read more
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Description
Description
Managing Sport Organizations, 2e is a newly updated and comprehensive introduction to the themes and elements surrounding sport management. The book teaches management theory and principles in a coherent manner, helping to reinforce these concepts for students in schools of business, and serving to introduce them to students in other school settings (kinesiology, exercise science, sport science). The authors introduce important industry segment information chapter by chapter, allowing students to wed theory and application throughout. An online Instructor’s Manual and a Test Bank are available as well.
Key features
Key features
· Important industry segment information is introduced chapter by chapter, allowing students to wed theory and application throughout
· Effectively weaves sport industry issues with fundamental management theories and practices
· Provides informative introductions to all fundamental aspects of sport management- Leadership, Information Technology, Media, Facility management, HR and much more
· Effectively weaves sport industry issues with fundamental management theories and practices
· Provides informative introductions to all fundamental aspects of sport management- Leadership, Information Technology, Media, Facility management, HR and much more
Readership
Readership
First and second year sport management majors (undergraduate)
Secondary readership:
Graduate level sport management students in management focused intro courses
Secondary readership:
Graduate level sport management students in management focused intro courses
Table of contents
Table of contents
Chapter 1: The Sport Management Challenge; Chapter 2: Globalization, Ethics, and the Sporting Goods and Athletic Footwear and Apparel Industry ; Chapter 3: Information technology management and sport media; Chapter 4: Developing goals and school and youth sports; Chapter 5: Decision making and the health and fitness industry; Chapter 6: Strategic Management and Sport Facilities; Chapter 7: Designing the Organization and Sport Agency; Chapter 8: Motivation and Leadership and Professional League Sport; Chapter 9Human Resource Management and the Tour Sport Industry; Chapter 10: Managing change in intercollegiate athletics.
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: February 23, 2007
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Daniel Covell
Affiliations and expertise
assistant professor of sport management, School
of Business at Western New England College in Springfield, MassachusettsSW
Sharianne Walker
Affiliations and expertise
associate professor of sport management at Western New England CollegeJS
Julie Siciliano
Affiliations and expertise
associate professor of management at Western New England CollegePH
Peter W. Hess
Affiliations and expertise
professor of management at Western New England CollegeView book on ScienceDirect
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