Managing Public Sport and Leisure Services

by Robinson; Leigh

• ISBN13: 9780415270779
• ISBN10: 0415270774
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-12-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The public sector is the major provider of sport and leisure facilities and the last decade has seen enormous changes in this sector. This significant new student textbook is the first to investigate leisure management in a public sector context, examining the unique issues facing public sector managers, as well as analysing the application of contemporary management strategies and techniques to public sector leisure. Each chapter will include discussion of key ideas and best practice as well as extensive case study material, further reading and study questions. Includes: This textbook will be core reading for students of sport, leisure and recreation management, as well as an accessible reference for practising managers working across the spectrum of leisure provision from sport facilities through to parks, arts and heritage.

Author Biography

Leigh Robinson is a lecturer in Sport and Leisure Management at the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy, Loughborough University, UK.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
Introduction	xi
PART I The challenge of public sport and leisure management	1	(58)
1 The public sport and leisure context	3	(18)
2 The changing nature of public sport and leisure management	21	(16)
3 Managing public spurt and leisure services	37	(22)
PART II The management of public sport and leisure services	59	(114)
4 Planning and strategy development	61	(17)
5 Human resource management	78	(20)
6 Financial management	98	(21)
7 Performance management	119	(15)
8 Quality management	134	(19)
9 The management of change	153	(20)
PART III Public sport and leisure management	173	(7)
10 Best practice in public sport and leisure management	175	(5)
Bibliography	180	(7)
Index	187