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Managing High Performance Sport

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 Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this is still the only textbook to introduce best management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). This is essential reading for all students, policy makers and practitioners working in sport management or sport development.
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Managing High Performance Sport

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 Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this is still the only textbook to introduce best management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). This is essential reading for all students, policy makers and practitioners working in sport management or sport development.
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Research Methods For Sport Management

by Aaron C.T. Smith, Daniel Read, Jacqueline Mueller, James Skinner e Lauren M. Burch

~~75,51€~~ 67,96€ 10% OFF

 Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Research Methods for Sport Management provides a complete introduction to qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods for sport management students and practitioners.
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Research Methods For Sport Management

by Aaron C.T. Smith, Daniel Read, Jacqueline Mueller, James Skinner e Lauren M. Burch

~~75,51€~~ 67,96€ 10% OFF

 Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Research Methods for Sport Management provides a complete introduction to qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods for sport management students and practitioners.
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Research Methods For Sport Management

by Aaron C.T. (University Of Newcastle, Australia) Smith, Daniel (Loughborough University London, Uk) Read, Jacqueline (Loughborough University London, Uk) Mueller, James (Newcastle Business School, Australia) Skinner e Lauren M. (Loughborough University London, Uk) Burch

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 Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Research Methods for Sport Management provides a complete introduction to qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods for sport management students and practitioners.
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Research Methods For Sport Management

by Aaron C.T. (University Of Newcastle, Australia) Smith, Daniel (Loughborough University London, Uk) Read, Jacqueline (Loughborough University London, Uk) Mueller, James (Newcastle Business School, Australia) Skinner e Lauren M. (Loughborough University London, Uk) Burch

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 Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Research Methods for Sport Management provides a complete introduction to qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods for sport management students and practitioners.
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Managing Sport Business - An Introduction

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 Contemporary sport is both a sophisticated and complex international business and a mass participatory practice run largely by volunteers and community organisations. Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of sports management helps to explain the modern commercial environment that shapes sport at all levels and gives clear and sensible guidance on best practice in sports management, from elite sport to the local level.The first section examines the global context for contemporary sports management. The second explores the key functional areas of management, from organisation and strategy to finance and marketing, and explains how successful managerial techniques can be applied in a sporting context. The final section surveys a wide range of important issues in contemporary sports management, from corporate social responsibility to the use of information and communication technologies. Together, these sections provide a complete package of theory, applied practical skills and a state-of-the-art review of modern sport business.Complemented by a companion website full of additional resources, this book is essential reading for all students of sport management and sport business.
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Managing Sport Business - An Introduction

88,76€ + 10% CARD

 Contemporary sport is both a sophisticated and complex international business and a mass participatory practice run largely by volunteers and community organisations. Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of sports management helps to explain the modern commercial environment that shapes sport at all levels and gives clear and sensible guidance on best practice in sports management, from elite sport to the local level.The first section examines the global context for contemporary sports management. The second explores the key functional areas of management, from organisation and strategy to finance and marketing, and explains how successful managerial techniques can be applied in a sporting context. The final section surveys a wide range of important issues in contemporary sports management, from corporate social responsibility to the use of information and communication technologies. Together, these sections provide a complete package of theory, applied practical skills and a state-of-the-art review of modern sport business.Complemented by a companion website full of additional resources, this book is essential reading for all students of sport management and sport business.
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Organizational Behaviour In Sport

by James Skinner

80,81€ + 10% CARD

 What makes a sport enterprise successful? How can managers working in sport improve organizational effectiveness through strategic behaviour management? This comprehensive and accessible textbook addresses these important questions and examines the theories that underpin organizational analysis in sport. Helping both students and practitioners to understand the different types of behaviour that occur within a sports enterprise, it also demonstrates how to develop ways of managing behaviour more effectively for the benefit of all stakeholders. The book explores behaviour on individual, interpersonal, group and whole-organization levels, and presents an evidence-based framework for analysis built around key concepts such as:<ul> <li>Change and culture</li> <li>Leadership</li> <li>Motivation, rewards and incentives </li> <li>Power and influence </li> <li>Conflict, disputes and grievances </li> <li>Equity, diversity and inclusion.</li> </ul>With international case studies, learning objectives, review questions and guides to further reading included in every chapter, no other textbook develops critical skills or an awareness of ethical issues in such detail and depth. Organizational Behaviour in Sport is essential reading for all students and practitioners working in sport, leisure or recreation management.
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Managing High Performance Sport

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 <ul> <li>How can managers design and implement effective high performance programmes in sport?</li> <li>What are the key challenges in managing elite athletes, sports people and teams?</li> </ul>This is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). Drawing on real-world case-studies of elite sport around the world, the book shows a conceptual framework for studying and analysing high performance sport and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes.The book examines the macro level factors that determine a nation’s sporting success, including political, social and cultural elements, and then moves on to unpack the specifics of elite athlete and team management at a micro level. Adopting an integrated, holistic approach throughout, the book highlights best practice in every key area of an HPS programme, including:<ul> <li>defining performance and success</li> <li>organizational structure and leadership</li> <li>finance, funding and marketing</li> <li>coaching and coach development</li> <li>talent identification and development</li> <li>competition and events</li> <li>training and facilities</li> <li>scientific research and sport science support.</li> </ul>The book features contributions from world-leading sport management academics as well as practitioners with experience of managing HPS programmes at world and Olympic level. Each chapter includes a full range of useful features, such as summaries, case-studies, review questions and guides to further reading. This is essential reading for all serious students and professionals working in sport management or high performance sport.
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Managing High Performance Sport

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 <ul> <li>How can managers design and implement effective high performance programmes in sport?</li> <li>What are the key challenges in managing elite athletes, sports people and teams?</li> </ul>This is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to management practice, process and policy in elite and high performance sport (HPS). Drawing on real-world case-studies of elite sport around the world, the book shows a conceptual framework for studying and analysing high performance sport and introduces the skills and techniques that managers and administrators will need to develop effective HPS programmes.The book examines the macro level factors that determine a nation’s sporting success, including political, social and cultural elements, and then moves on to unpack the specifics of elite athlete and team management at a micro level. Adopting an integrated, holistic approach throughout, the book highlights best practice in every key area of an HPS programme, including:<ul> <li>defining performance and success</li> <li>organizational structure and leadership</li> <li>finance, funding and marketing</li> <li>coaching and coach development</li> <li>talent identification and development</li> <li>competition and events</li> <li>training and facilities</li> <li>scientific research and sport science support.</li> </ul>The book features contributions from world-leading sport management academics as well as practitioners with experience of managing HPS programmes at world and Olympic level. Each chapter includes a full range of useful features, such as summaries, case-studies, review questions and guides to further reading. This is essential reading for all serious students and professionals working in sport management or high performance sport.
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Organizational Behaviour In Sport

by James (Newcastle Business School, Australia) Skinner

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 "What makes a sports organization successful? How can managers working in sport improve organizational effectiveness through strategic behaviour management? This comprehensive and accessible textbook addresses these important questions and examines the theories that underpin organizational analysis in sport. Helping both students and practitioners to understand the different types of behaviour that occur within a sports organization, it also demonstrates how to develop ways of managing behaviour more effectively for the benefit of all stakeholders. The book explores behaviour on individual, interpersonal, group and whole organization levels, and presents an evidence-based framework for analysis built around key concepts such as: - motivation, rewards and incentives - power, influence and leadership - conflict, disputes and grievances - anxiety, stress and alienation - equity, diversity and inclusion. With international case studies, learning objectives, review questions and guides to further reading included in every chapter, no other textbook develops critical skills or an awareness of ethical issues in such detail and depth. Organizational Behaviour in Sport is essential reading for all students and practitioners working in sport, leisure or recreation management." --
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Leadership In Sport

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 Effective leadership is essential in any sports organisation, both in the boardroom and on the training pitch. Leadership in Sport is the first textbook to examine sports leadership in the round, across both management and coaching environments. It includes a dedicated section to underpinning core leadership theories, and employs a number of case studies throughout to show how best practice is applied in real world settings.Drawing on expertise from some of the leading academics and practitioners throughout the world, and from both disciplines, the book covers various leadership issues including:<ul> <li>facilitative leadership</li> <li>strategic leadership</li> <li>leading effective change</li> <li>diversity in leadership</li> <li>communication and empathy</li> <li>motivation and performance.</li> </ul>Key conceptual questions—the nature of leadership, its role in sport, styles of leadership, what constitutes ineffective leadership—and other contemporary issues are also explored to give students and practitioners the most complete and clear picture of contemporary leadership in sport. With useful features in every chapter, such as key terms and review questions, this is an essential text for sport management or coaching degree courses.
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Leadership In Sport

80,81€ + 10% CARD

 Effective leadership is essential in any sports organisation, both in the boardroom and on the training pitch. Leadership in Sport is the first textbook to examine sports leadership in the round, across both management and coaching environments. It includes a dedicated section to underpinning core leadership theories, and employs a number of case studies throughout to show how best practice is applied in real world settings.Drawing on expertise from some of the leading academics and practitioners throughout the world, and from both disciplines, the book covers various leadership issues including:<ul> <li>facilitative leadership</li> <li>strategic leadership</li> <li>leading effective change</li> <li>diversity in leadership</li> <li>communication and empathy</li> <li>motivation and performance.</li> </ul>Key conceptual questions—the nature of leadership, its role in sport, styles of leadership, what constitutes ineffective leadership—and other contemporary issues are also explored to give students and practitioners the most complete and clear picture of contemporary leadership in sport. With useful features in every chapter, such as key terms and review questions, this is an essential text for sport management or coaching degree courses.
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Sport Governance - International Case Studies

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 Governance has become a hugely important issue within sport. Issues of corruption and ‘bad governance’ have become synonymous with some aspects of sport and closer scrutiny than ever before is being applied to ensure organisations are following international best practice in respect to how they are governed. As sport organisations are required to become more professional and to adopt a more transparent and accountable approach to their operations, it has become important for all students, researchers and professionals working in sport to understand what good governance is and how it should be achieved.This book is the first to examine sport governance around the world. It offers a series of in-depth case studies of governance policy and practice in 15 countries and regions, including the US, UK, China, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as chapters covering governance by, and of, global sport organisations and international sport federations. With an introduction outlining the key contemporary themes in the study of sport governance, and a conclusion pointing at future directions for research and practice, this book is essential reading for any course on sport management, sport policy, sport development, sport administration or sport organisations, and for any manager or policy-maker working in sport and looking to improve their professional practice.
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Sport Governance - International Case Studies

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 Governance has become a hugely important issue within sport. Issues of corruption and ‘bad governance’ have become synonymous with some aspects of sport and closer scrutiny than ever before is being applied to ensure organisations are following international best practice in respect to how they are governed. As sport organisations are required to become more professional and to adopt a more transparent and accountable approach to their operations, it has become important for all students, researchers and professionals working in sport to understand what good governance is and how it should be achieved.This book is the first to examine sport governance around the world. It offers a series of in-depth case studies of governance policy and practice in 15 countries and regions, including the US, UK, China, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as chapters covering governance by, and of, global sport organisations and international sport federations. With an introduction outlining the key contemporary themes in the study of sport governance, and a conclusion pointing at future directions for research and practice, this book is essential reading for any course on sport management, sport policy, sport development, sport administration or sport organisations, and for any manager or policy-maker working in sport and looking to improve their professional practice.
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Routledge Handbook Of Sport And Corporate Social Responsibility

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 As the role of sport in society becomes ever more prominent and as sports organisations become increasingly influential members of the global community, so it has become more important than ever for sport to consider its wider social responsibilities. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Corporate Social Responsibility is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of theories and concepts of CSR as applied to sport, and the social, ethical and environmental aspects of sport business and management. It offers an overview of perspectives and approaches to CSR in sport, examines the unique features of the sport industry in relation to CSR, explores the tools, models, common pitfalls and examples of best practice on which managers can draw, and discusses how CSR and corporate citizenship can be integrated into the sport management curriculum.The book covers every key issue and functional area, including implementation, strategic benefits, communication and corporate image, stakeholder engagement, and the measurement and evaluation of CSR policies and practices, and includes detailed international case studies, from the NBA and the Olympic Games to Japanese soccer. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Corporate Social Responsibility is important reading for any student, researcher, manager or policy maker with an interest in sport business, management, ethics or development.
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Routledge Handbook Of Sport And Corporate Social Responsibility

90,09€ + 10% CARD

 As the role of sport in society becomes ever more prominent and as sports organisations become increasingly influential members of the global community, so it has become more important than ever for sport to consider its wider social responsibilities. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Corporate Social Responsibility is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of theories and concepts of CSR as applied to sport, and the social, ethical and environmental aspects of sport business and management. It offers an overview of perspectives and approaches to CSR in sport, examines the unique features of the sport industry in relation to CSR, explores the tools, models, common pitfalls and examples of best practice on which managers can draw, and discusses how CSR and corporate citizenship can be integrated into the sport management curriculum.The book covers every key issue and functional area, including implementation, strategic benefits, communication and corporate image, stakeholder engagement, and the measurement and evaluation of CSR policies and practices, and includes detailed international case studies, from the NBA and the Olympic Games to Japanese soccer. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Corporate Social Responsibility is important reading for any student, researcher, manager or policy maker with an interest in sport business, management, ethics or development.
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Managing Sport - Social And Cultural Perspectives

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 Contemporary sport is shaped by wider society. Today those managing sport must be aware of the broader social and cultural context within which it exists if their effectiveness is to be established and their careers defined. This book is the first of its kind to contextualise the wider social and cultural environment of sport management and explain the key issues and practical implications of this for those working, or intending to find employment, in the field.Written by a team of leading international experts on sport management, the book explores important topics such as <ul> <li>corporate social responsibility in sport, </li> <li>race, </li> <li>gender and sexuality, </li> <li>sport and the media, </li> <li>globalisation, </li> <li>populations with individual needs, </li> <li>social class, </li> <li>social capital</li> <li>social exclusion. </li> </ul>As part of a comprehensive coverage of these and many other social issues, the reader is reminded of the fundamental requirement to properly appreciate the cultural sensitivities of the managerial environment in which they intend to operate. Each issue is examined from the perspective of the manager or sport practitioner, and each chapter includes a range of useful features, such as case-studies and self-test questions, to encourage the reader to think critically about the role of sport in society and about their own professional practice. This is the first sports management textbook to be based on the thesis that a more socially aware manager is a more effective manager and thus should be regarded as essential reading for all sport management students.
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Managing Sport - Social And Cultural Perspectives

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 Contemporary sport is shaped by wider society. Today those managing sport must be aware of the broader social and cultural context within which it exists if their effectiveness is to be established and their careers defined. This book is the first of its kind to contextualise the wider social and cultural environment of sport management and explain the key issues and practical implications of this for those working, or intending to find employment, in the field.Written by a team of leading international experts on sport management, the book explores important topics such as <ul> <li>corporate social responsibility in sport, </li> <li>race, </li> <li>gender and sexuality, </li> <li>sport and the media, </li> <li>globalisation, </li> <li>populations with individual needs, </li> <li>social class, </li> <li>social capital</li> <li>social exclusion. </li> </ul>As part of a comprehensive coverage of these and many other social issues, the reader is reminded of the fundamental requirement to properly appreciate the cultural sensitivities of the managerial environment in which they intend to operate. Each issue is examined from the perspective of the manager or sport practitioner, and each chapter includes a range of useful features, such as case-studies and self-test questions, to encourage the reader to think critically about the role of sport in society and about their own professional practice. This is the first sports management textbook to be based on the thesis that a more socially aware manager is a more effective manager and thus should be regarded as essential reading for all sport management students.
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Managing Sport Business - An Introduction

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Managing Sport Business - An Introduction

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Organizational Behaviour In Sport

by James (Newcastle Business School, Australia) Skinner

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Routledge Handbook Of Sport And Corporate Social Responsibility

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