"An accessible and different guide for students and practitioners alike... I'm sure that it will become a standard reference text for sports management"
- Peter Taylor, Sport Industry Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University

"A must have introductory reference guide for graduate and undergraduate sport management students"
- Paul M. Pedersen, Indiana University

"Provides students, practitioners and researchers in the field of sport management with a valuable compilation of sensitizing concepts, definitions and interesting references"
- Michel van Slobbe, European Sport Management Quarterly

The intelligently cross-referenced entries provide a concise overview of the key concepts in the field guiding you through the important debates, sources and research methods in the management and delivery of sport.

The book introduces readers to the concepts at the centre of their studies; it suggests relevant further reading and thoughts for future research and applies academic theory to business and organizational problems in a real-world context.

• Clear definitions


• Comprehensive examples


• Practical applications


• Effective research methods.

Introduction
Organizational Theory
Structure
Change
Commercialization
Competitive Balance
Conflict
Context
Control
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Corruption
Critical Theory and Critical Management Studies
Decision-Making
Demand
Effectiveness or Efficiency
Employability
Entrepreneurship
Ethics
Globalization
Governance
Image, Identity and Reputation
Knowledge Transfer
Leadership
Legacy
Media / Broadcasting
Mega-Events
Networks
Organizational Culture
Organizational Goals
Performance Management
Power
Quality
Sponsorship
Sport Development (and Sport for Development, Development through Sport)
Sports Funding and Finance
Sports Law
Sport Marketing
Sport Organization
Sport Participation
Sport Policy
Sport Tourism
Stakeholders
Strategic Planning
Strategy
Strategic Alliances
Structure
Technology
Typologies and Taxonomies
Voluntary
Conclusions
Keeping up to Date: Useful Sources