Sharp, clear and relevant this book meets the needs of those studying and researching within the growing discipline of sport management. 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.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements
• Using this Book
• Introduction
• Organizational Theory
• Structure of the Book
• A Note About Content
• 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)
• Sport Funding and Finance
• Sport Law
• Sport Marketing
• Sport Organization
• Sport Participation
• Sport Policy
• Sport Tourism
• Stakeholders
• Strategy
• Strategic Alliances
• Strategic Planning
• Structure
• Technology
• Typologies and Taxonomies
• Voluntary
• Conclusion
• Keeping up to Date: Journals