Contemporary Sport Management
3rd Edition
Published on 30. November 2006
Book
Hardback
520 pages
978-0-7360-6365-4 (ISBN)
Description
Over 13,000 copies of the previous edition sold worldwide. Aimed at lecturers, students and professionals in sport and leisure management, this work provides a broad overview of the study and professional practice of contemporary sport management. It helps readers put into context the many events, emerging trends and historical figures that have shaped current sport business. Reader-friendly features include learning activities, professional profiles of successful individuals in the field and case studies in each chapter. In addition, international examples written by professionals and scholars from around the world highlight the global nature of this booming industry. Updated chapters provide new and expanded material on sport promotion, legal issues and ethics in sport management.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
45 black & white illustrations, 88 black & white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7360-6365-4 (9780736063654)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Paul Pedersen | Lucie Thibault
Contemporary Sport Management 6th Edition with Web Study Guide
Book
07/2018
6th Edition
Human Kinetics
€147.50
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Previous edition
Janet B. Parks | Beverly R.K. Zanger | Jerome Quarterman
Contemporary Sport Management
Book
01/2003
2nd Edition
Human Kinetics Publishers
€72.71
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Persons
Janet Parks is a founding member of the North American Society for Sport Management and a former co-editor of the Journal of Sport Management. Widely respected in the field, she makes frequent presentations to universities and professional societies, and serves as a reviewer for several scholarly journals. Jerome Quarterman is an active researcher in organisational behaviour, theory and research methods as applied to sport management studies. His research has appeared in the International Journal of Sport Management, Sport Marketing Quarterly and the Journal of Sport Management. Lucie Thibault is current editor of the Journal of Sport Management. She teaches in the areas of sport policy, globalisation of sport and organisational theory as it applies to sports organisations.
Content
Part I. Introduction to Sport Management; Part II. Selected Sport Management Sites; Part III. Selected Functional Areas of Sport Management Functions; Part IV. Organisational and Managerial Foundations of Sport Management; Part V. Current Challenges in Sport Management; Part VI. The Future of Sport Management.