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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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Cover; STRATEGIC SPORT DEVELOPMENT; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC THINKING IN SPORT DEVELOPMENT; DEFINING SPORT DEVELOPMENT; THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY; DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN POLICY AND STRATEGY; STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; GOLDEN THREADS; People; Process; Product; Practice; APPROACHES TO STRATEGY; Planned strategy; Entrepreneurial strategy; Ideological strategy; Umbrella strategy; Process strategy; Unconnected strategy; Consensus strategy; Imposed strategy; SUMMARY |
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LEARNING ACTIVITIESDeveloping skills; Developing knowledge; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCTION; ORGANISATIONS; LEADING OR BEING LED BY CULTURE IN SPORT DEVELOPMENT; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE SHOULD BE FIT FOR PURPOSE; ANALYSING CAPABILITIES: INTERNAL ASPECTS OF A SWOT ANALYSIS; IMPLICATIONS OF THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES EXERCISE; Example one; Example two; SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES AUDIT; ASSESSING MOTIVATION; LEADERS, FOLLOWERS AND TEAMS; ANALYSING RESOURCES; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESOURCES AND ORGANISATIONAL PURPOSE; SUMMARY; LEARNING ACTIVITIES; Developing skills |
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Developing knowledgeREFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT; PROBLEMS, BENEFITS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SCANNING THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT; DATA GATHERING; INTRODUCING THE STEEPLE MODEL; Social factors; Technological factors; Economic factors; Environmental factors; Political factors; Legal factors; Ethical factors; HOW TO STRUCTURE AN EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCAN; E-V-R CONGRUENCE; SUMMARY; LEARNING ACTIVITIES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 MAKING STRATEGIC CHOICES IN SPORT DEVELOPMENT; INTRODUCTION; THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER |
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DEVELOPING STRATEGIC OPTIONS AND CHOICEOUTCOMES OF SWOT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT-BASED APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING STRATEGIC OPTIONS; Porter's generic options; Ansoff's matrix; RESOURCE-BASED STRATEGIC OPTIONS; The value chain; Cost reduction strategies; EVALUATING STRATEGIC CHOICES; COMMUNICATING STRATEGIC CHOICE; Vision and mission statements; SUMMARY; LEARNING ACTIVITIES; Developing skills; Developing knowledge; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 1: STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION; INTRODUCTION; IMPLEMENTATION AND CHANGE; Design choices; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE AND CAPABILITY |
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WHO DOES THE IMPLEMENTING?FRAMEWORKS FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION; ACTION PLANNING FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION; MIGRATION MANAGEMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION: SPORT DEVELOPMENT EXAMPLE; SUMMARY; LEARNING ACTIVITIES; Developing skills and knowledge; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 2: EVALUATING STRATEGIC SPORT DEVELOPMENT; INTRODUCTION; LACK OF CLEAR DIRECTION; LACK OF EVIDENCE; THE PLANNING PROCESS; 'M-AND-E'; DEVELOPING A CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS; MONITORING; EVALUATION; LANGUAGE BARRIERS; THEORY-DRIVEN EVALUATION; TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF STRATEGY-AS-PRACTICE |
| Summary |
The field of sports development is becoming ever more professional, with the levels of expertise in planning and efficiency required of those working in private or national sports institutions higher than they have ever been. In response to this, strategic sports development has emerged as a means of applying business strategies to the context of sports development. Strategic Sports Development is the first book to directly address this important new field. The book comprehensively explains the strategic concepts and techniques that sports students and practitioners a |
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The system or the process? |
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Print version record |
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Sports administration.
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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Sports administration
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Simpson, Kirstie
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Tucker, Lee
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| ISBN |
9781135998578 |
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1135998574 |
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