Understanding Sport Organizations: The Application of Organization Theory - Couverture rigide

Slack, Trevor; Parent, Milena

 
9780736056397: Understanding Sport Organizations: The Application of Organization Theory

Synopsis

Aims to provide the reader with an understanding of the issues and theoretical construction behind sport organisations. Case studies and profiles allow reader to apply knowledge from each chapter to a real life example. This is a text for students on Sport Management Courses, and a reference for sport administrators and managers.

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À propos de l?auteur

Trevor Slack, PhD, is Canada research chair of the International Institute for the Study of Sport Management at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. Slack is widely published in major sport and organization journals and has presented as a keynote speaker at conferences on sport organizations around the world. He has been editor of the Journal of Sport Management and the European Journal of Sport Management, and he has been on the editorial board of several journals related to sport management. Slack has been awarded numerous grants for social science and humanities research projects. In 1995 he presented the Zeigler Lecture, the leading lecture in sport management, and in 2001 he was awarded a Canada Research Chair for his work in sport management.

Milena M. Parent, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. Parent completed her PhD in the International Institute for the Study of Sport Management at the University of Alberta. She has experience as a national-level figure skater, a coach, and an administrator. Her doctoral research in sport management is on organizational theory and strategic management of large-scale sporting events. Parent is a coach for Skate Canada and a member of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, the Academy of Management, and the North American Society of Sport Management. She also serves as a reviewer for European Sport Management Quarterly and for the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference.

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Aims to provide the reader with an understanding of the issues and theoretical construction behind sport organisations. Case studies and profiles allow reader to apply knowledge from each chapter to a real life example. This is a text for students on Sport Management Courses, and a reference for sport administrators and managers.

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9780873229487: Understanding Sport Organizations: The Application of Organization Theory

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ISBN 10 :  0873229487 ISBN 13 :  9780873229487
Editeur : Human Kinetics Publishers, 1996
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