Sport Facility Operations Management

by Hall; Stacey A.

• ISBN13: 9781856178365
• ISBN10: 1856178366
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-02-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Sports facilities management is in the national news with reports from the BBC that three 2012 Olympic venues in London are being evaluated by accountants to see whether they will deliver value for money. The current estimate of government spending on the games is £9.3billion. There is also an ongoing debate about the fate of the 80,000 seat stadium that is being constructed for the games at a cost of £500million.

This is the first textbook to take a truly global look at facilities operations management in the sport industry. The lead author (Eric Schwarz) and his co-author Stacey Hall have joined forces with Simon Shibli an academic from Sheffield Hallam (a leading Uni for Sport Management in the UK)

Sport facilities of all shapes and sizes are an ingrained part of global sport management culture. As such, it is inevitable that students who enter into the field of sport management will interact with the management and operations of a sport facility at some point during their career.

This textbook is being published with the sport management lecturer and student in mind, complete with a companion site. This textbook will provide the theoretical foundation for sport facility operations management, and would be supplemented both in the text and in the companion site containing: schematics, planning documents, sample forms, and sample ownership/management structures.

In addition, each author will infuse research and experiences from sport facilities around the world (North America; Europe; Middle East/Asia; Australia and New Zealand) to ensure that a global perspective is at the core of this textbook.

- Students gain a global understanding of the topic that they will be able to apply when working in the industry, anywhere in the world

- Brings theory to life with practical insights and real life applications, drawing on the extensive industry and teaching experience of the three authors

-The book contains short cases and examples, as well as online case studies

Author Biography

Eric C. Schwarz is Associate Professor of Sport Business, Saint Leo University, Florida, USA

Stacey A. Hall is Assistant Professor of Sport Management, and Associate Director, National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security, University of Southern Mississippi. USA.

Simon Shibli is Professor of Sport Management, and Director of the Sport Industry Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Author Biography

Eric C. Schwarz is Associate Professor of Sport Business, Saint Leo University, Florida, USA Stacey A. Hall is Assistant Professor of Sport Management, and Associate Director, National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security, University of Southern Mississippi. USA Simon Shibli is Professor of Sport Management, and Director of the Sport Industry Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments, dedications, epigraphs	p. xiii
About the authors	p. xv
Prologue	p. 1
Introduction to sport facility operations management	p. 3
Pre-Management and Pre-Operational Issues	p. 11
Ownership structures	p. 13
Financing sport facilities	p. 31
Planning, design, and construction processes	p. 51
Implementation of Management and Operational Strategies	p. 65
Organizational management	p. 67
Human resource management	p. 83
Financial management	p. 103
Operations management	p. 123
Legal concerns for owners and managers	p. 143
Ancillary Issues in Management and Operations	p. 153
Facility marketing management	p. 155
Event planning in facility management	p. 171
Risk assessment in facility management	p. 181
Security planning for facility management	p. 197
Effectiveness of Management and Operations	p. 217
Performance management and benchmarking	p. 219
Glossary	p. 243
Further reading	p. 259
Index	p. 273
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