Managing Voluntary Sport Organizations

by Robinson; Leigh

• ISBN13: 9780415489454
• ISBN10: 0415489458
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-10-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book fills a significant gap in the literature on sport management by setting out the principles and practices necessary for effective management of voluntary sport organisations around the world. In addition to applying and adapting established management strategies and techniques to voluntary sport organisations, this book is the first to fully relate mainstream organisational theory to this important sector of sport management.

Author Biography

Leigh Robinson is a Professor of Sport Management in the Department of Sport Studies, University of Stirling. She has carried out research with a wide range of organisations in the voluntary, commercial and public sectors, including Olympic Solidarity, British Olympic Association, Sport England, British Judo and the Amateur Swimming Association. She works extensively with the International Olympic Committee funded MEMOS network. Dick Palmer is an independent sports consultant, based in the UK. He was Technical Director of the London 2012 Olympic Bid and an adviser to the Commonwealth Games Federation serving on their Coordination Commission for the Games of Kuala Lumpur, Manchester and Melbourne. He was also International Consultant to the successful Glasgow Bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He remains an Executive Vice President of the British Olympic Association and a Board Director of the British Olympic Foundation and Sports Coach UK.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xii
Introducing The Voluntary sport Sector	p. 1
The Voluntary sport Sector	p. 3
The Operating Environment of Voluntary Sport Organisations	p. 19
Governance of voluntary sport organisations	p. 33
The Management of Voluntary Sport Organisations	p. 49
Strategic Management And Planning	p. 51
Managing Human Resources	p. 70
Managing Finances	p. 99
Performance Management	p. 121
The Management of Change	p. 139
Managing Marketing	p. 156
Event Management	p. 177
Issues In The Management of Voluntary Sport Organisations	p. 197
The Legal Dimension	p. 199
Risk Management And Protection	p. 228
Information Technology And Voluntary Sport Organisations	p. 239
The Future of Management In Voluntary Sport Organisations	p. 257
References	p. 265
Index	p. 271
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