Understanding Sport Organizations : The Application of Organization Theory. This item is unavailable.Understanding Sport Organizations : The Application of Organization Theory

Understanding Sport Organizations is the first book to look at sport organizations through the lens of organization theory and business management.

Weaving together the research, ideas, and real-life examples that shape organization studies, author Trevor Slack offers an in-depth text that will help students and practitioners understand the structures and processes of sport organizations.

Slack summarizes the vast body of research from management studies, explaining basic concepts and theoretical approaches and their applications to sport. To bring these concepts to life, Slack provides numerous examples and case studies from a variety of sport contexts--from Nike and Cannondale to the Calgary Olympics and Division I teams.

This user-friendly textbook includes many features that reinforce the content:

• Chapter objectives

• Key concepts

• Review questions

• Summary and Conclusions

• Cases for Analysis

• Suggested Readings

• Bibliography

• Indexes--subject, name, and organization

Dr. Trevor Slack is professor and head of the School of Physical Education, Sport, and Leisure at De Montfort University in Bedford, England. Before assuming his current position, Slack was a professor and associate dean of the physical education and recreation faculty, as well as adjunct professor of business, at the University of Alberta in Canada. He also has been a visiting fellow in the Centre for Corporate Strategy and Change, a research unit in Britain’s premier business school at the University of Warwick in England.