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This new textbook is the first to investigate leisure management in a public sector context, examining the unique issues facing public sector managers and analyzing the application of management strategies to public sector leisure.
Contemporary sport could not function without the involvement of voluntary organizations, from local grass-roots clubs to international agencies such as the International Olympic Committee. Management of this sector continues to undergo profound change, largely in response to the challenges of professionalization and increasing expectations in terms of transparency, accountability and ethical behaviour. 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 organizations around the world. In addition to applying and adapting established management strategies and techniques to vo...
The Routledge Handbook of Sport Management is the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to theory and practice in sport management ever published. It provides students and scholars with a broad ranging survey of current thinking in contemporary sport management, exploring best practice in core functional areas and identifying important future directions for new research. Key topics covered in the book include: managing performance marketing human resource management the economics and finance of sport strategy managing change governance of sports organizations customer relations branding and retail. With contributions from leading scholars and professionals from around the world, the book illustrates the global nature of contemporary sport business and highlights the opportunities and challenges for managers operating in an international market place. Representing a definitive survey of contemporary issues in sport management, this is an essential reference for all students, scholars and practitioners working in sport.
Landlording: a handymanual for scrupulous landlords and landladies who do it themselves.
Less than a year after the stewardess marries the Pan Am captain, he catches her in a compromising encounter and mistakenly assumes the worst. His mistake results in her untimely death and makes him remember the major mistakes he made in his first marriage. He cannot forgive himself and cannot see his future clearly until a stranger who claims to be his daughter and a woman who was deserted by her husband hoist him aloft.