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Author Hums, Mary A.

Title Governance and policy in sport organizations / Mary A. Hums, Joanne C. MacLean
Edition Second edition
Published Scottsdale, Ariz. : Holcomb Hathaway, Publishers, [2009]
©2009

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 MELB  796.069 Hum/Gap 2009  AVAILABLE
 MELB  796.069 Hum/Gap 2009  AVAILABLE
Description xxiii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Sport management series
Sport management series.
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction to Sport Governance -- Chapter 2. Managerial Activities related to governance -- Chapter 3. Strategic Management and Policy Development -- Chapter 4. Ethics in Sport Organizations -- Chapter 5. Scholastic Sport -- Chapter 6. Amateur Sport in the Community -- Chapter 7. Campus Recreation -- Chapter 8. Intercollegiate Athletics -- Chapter 9. The Major Games in Amateur Sport -- Chapter 10. Olympic Sport -- Chapter 11. Paralympic Sport -- Chapter 12. North American Professional Sport -- Chapter 13. International Professional Sport -- Chapter 14. The Future of Sport Governance
Summary Governance and Policy in Sport Organisations is designed for use in governance or policy development courses with upper-level undergraduate students, and can also be used with some graduate-level courses that introduce students to business aspects of the sport industry. This book challenges students to integrate management theory with governance and policy development practices. It discusses where the power lies in an organization or industry segment and how individual sport organizations fit into the greater industry. This second edition of the book provides up-to-date numbers, figures and examples. Instructors and students will find this book to be an interesting and useful tool for learning the fundamentals of sport governance and its relationship to current policy and ethical issues facing today's sport managers. It is designed to help readers understand the big picture of the sport industry, and their place in it as future sport management professionals
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sports administration.
Author MacLean, Joanne, 1959-
LC no. 2008022644
ISBN 9781890871895