Sport Operations Management and Development

Name: Sport Operations Management and Development
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Sport Operations Management and DevelopmentAn Applied Approach\nAuthor(s): Mark Piekarz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367333485, 978-0367333485\nSynopsis\nThis essential textbook introduces the work of sport management and sport development from the perspective of the day-to-day operational challenges faced by managers and sport development officers. It addresses the practicalities of designing and delivering sport services safely, efficiently and effectively, for profit or in non-profit contexts.\n\nThe book covers core topics such as time management, project management, customer care, developing partnerships, fundraising, crisis management and research. It adopts a problem-based learning approach, with a strong, practical focus on putting theory into practice, to illustrate good practice and to help the reader develop sound operational skills, knowledge and decision-making, underpinned by the principles of s.