Applied Sport Management Skills With Web Resource

by Lussier, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780736074353
• ISBN10: 073607435X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2009-01-06
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

Applied Sport Management Skillsuses the four management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling to teach readers how to become strong leaders and managers in the world of sport. This book, along with its companion Web site and online student resource, provides a comprehensive overview of management topics with a unique focus on developing the necessary skills for managing sport organizations.The text's how-to approach helps students learn by putting into practice what they will be doing as sport managersincluding creative problem solving, strategic planning, and developing the skills to lead, organize, and delegate. By taking principles and concepts presented in the text and applying them to professional practice, students will be able to assess how their interests and skills can contribute to the growing sport management field.Filled with various exercises and real-world examples, Applied Sport Management Skillscontains valuable tools to help students understand leadership and management in the sport industry:-Chapter-opening scenarios, revisited throughout each chapter, provide a cohesive thread to keep students focused on how sport managers use the text concepts on the job. Each chapter also includes several application examples from a variety of sport organizations.-Case studies in each chapter help students apply their newly gained knowledge to real-life situations.-Time-outs encourage students to relate chapter concepts to their own experiences through brief assignments and questions.-Self-assessment exercises enable students to better understand themselves and to determine their strengths and areas of improvement.-Skill-building exercises provide students with the opportunity to develop skills they can use in their personal and professional lives.-Application and skill-development sidebars, learning outcomes, key terms, and chapter summaries reinforce key points covered in the chapter. Applied Sport Management Skillsincludes an extensive instructor guide, test bank, and PowerPoint presentation package to assist instructors with class preparation and presentation and engage students in the material. A companion online student resource (OSR) allows students to use the learning activities from the text in a dynamic and interactive setting. Many activities in the OSR can be filled out, printed, and handed in to the instructor, whereas others provide immediate "correct" or "incorrect" feedback to students. Additional features found only in the OSR include related Internet resources and questions that test students' ability to gather information from sport-related Web sites.Applied Sport Management Skillsprovides readers with a thorough understanding of the management principles and concepts used in sport organizations and the challenges that managers face. This understanding is enhanced by the application of that knowledge and by the focus on developing management skills, allowing students to build a solid foundation toward a fulfilling career in sport management.Includes an online student resource! To assist students using the text, Applied Sport Management Skillshas a companion online student resource (OSR.) Completely integrated with the text, the OSR allows students to experience content through multiple dimensions. Students will receive free access to the OSR with the purchase of a new text, or it may be purchased as a separate component.The companion OSR is a dynamic and interactive tool that allows students to comprehend and practice information presented in the text with a variety of learning activities:-Time-out sections are

Table of Contents

Introduction to Sport Management

Managing Sports

The Sport Industry

What Is Sport Management?

What Does It Take to Be a Successful Manager?

What Do Sport Managers Do?

How Do Managers Differ?

The Sport Industry Environment: Globalization, Ethics, and Social Responsibility

Internal Environment

Quality in Sports

External Environment

Conducting Sport Business in a Global Environment

Ethics in Sport Management

Social Responsibility

Planning

Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making

Solving Problems and Making Decisions-an Overview

Define the Problem or Opportunity

Set Objectives and Criteria

Generate Alternatives

Select the Most Feasible Alternative

Implement the Decision

Control the Results

Strategic and Operational Planning

Strategic and Operational Planning

Strategic Process

Analysis of the Environment

Setting of Objectives

Corporate-Level Strategy

Business-Level Strategy

Functional-Level Strategies

Organizing

Organizing and Delegating Work

The Organizing Function

Authority

Organizational Design

Job Design

Organizing Yourself and Delegating Work

Managing Change: Sport Culture, Innovation, and Diversity

Managing Change

Organizational Culture

Innovation, Quality, and The Learning Organization

Diversity

Organizational Development

Human Resources Management

HR Management Process and Department

Legal Environment

Human Resources Planning

Job Analysis

Attracting Employees

Interviewing

Developing Employees

Performance Appraisals

Retaining Employees

Leading

Behavior in Organizations: Power, Politics, Conflict, and Stress

Organizational Behavior

Personality

Attitudes

Power

Politics in the Office and on the Field

Managing Conflict

Negotiation

Collaboration

Stress

Team Development

Importance of Teamwork to Performance

Group Performance Model

Group Structure

Group Process

Stages of Group Development and Leadership Styles

Developing Groups into Teams

Getting to Better Meetings

Communicating for Results

Understanding the Importance of Good Communication

Using Organizational Communications

Using Interpersonal Communication

Using the Channels

Sending Messages

Receiving Messages

Responding to Messages

Dealing with Emotional People

Motivating to Win

Motivation and Performance

Motivating People

Putting Theory to Work Within the Motivational Process

Leading to Victory

Leadership

Behavior of Effective Leaders

Contemporary Perspectives

Contingency Leadership Models

Getting to Your Personal Style of Leadership

Controlling

Controlling for Quality and Productivity

Quality and Control Systems

Control Process

Frequency of Controls

Financial Controls

Human Controls

Problem Employees

Productivity

Facilities and Events

Sport Facilities Management

Sport Event Management

Planning and Controlling Sports

Sales Forecasting Techniques

Scheduling Tools

Time Management

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