High Performance Agencies

At their best park, recreation, and tourism organizations can change the world for the better. They can be powerful forces for community revitalization, environmental and historical education, fitness, connectedness with nature, and much more. But this great potential can only be realized by strong, effective organizations. High Performance Agencies is about the skills and approaches that can lead these organizations to reach their full potential, grow, thrive, and in the process make their communities better places. Because of the technological, demographical, economical, and political changes in society, the old ways of organizational management need to be retooled for the more dynamic environment. This book was written to be used as both a university text for management and administration of park, recreation, and tourism organizations and as a guide for practitioners in the field.