1. Defining Sport, Management and Sport Management 2. The History of Sport Management 3. Organisational theory and the functions, skills and roles of management 4. The business functions of sport management 5. The Levels of Management 6. The Sport Industry and the Basis of Provision 7. The Sport Industry and the Basis of Demand 8. Employment & Employability in Sport
Rob Wilson is Principal Lecturer in Sport Business Management at
Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He has delivered sport
management-related courses since 2002 and his subject specialisms
are financial reporting, management accounting and economic
decision making in the sport industry. He is the author of Managing
Sport Finance, the co-author of Finance for Sport and Leisure
Managers: An introduction and has published a number of chapters in
sport management text books. He is also a Senior Fellow of the
Higher Education Academy and a recognised expert in learning and
teaching in higher education.
Mark Piekarz is Senior Lecturer in Sport Management at the
University of Worcester, UK. He has more than 25 years of
experience in the sport management and adventure sport sectors.
Before beginning his teaching work in Higher Education he worked
for many years as a sport facility manager and community sport
development officer. He has since taught at the Birmingham College
of Food and Technology, UK, and Sheffield Hallam University,UK,
before completing a PhD in the field of risk management. He has
published work on a variety of subject areas, ranging from risk
management, sport and rights, conflict zone tourism and operational
management
‘Those interested in the sport management profession will appreciate the case studies and excellent examples, which not only artfully illustrate the theory and practice of sport administration but also offer genuine insights into the industry’s career and leadership opportunities. Summing Up: Recommended’ – S. R. Kahn, University of Cincinnati, CHOICE
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