Business Leadership and the Lessons from Sport
Smith, Aaron; Westerbeek, Hans
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Description for Business Leadership and the Lessons from Sport
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Sport represents a very intense and dynamic form of competition for individuals and for teams. Many of the themes of business, including leadership, teamworking, mentoring and coaching, strategy, innovation, etc. occur in sport in a very acute and focused way and will determine success or failure. With the use of compelling international examples the authors show how sport provides crucial leadership lessons for business.
Sport represents a very intense and dynamic form of competition for individuals and for teams. Many of the themes of business, including leadership, teamworking, mentoring and coaching, strategy, innovation, etc. occur in sport in a very acute and focused way and will determine success or failure. With the use of compelling international examples the authors show how sport provides crucial leadership lessons for business.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403947161
SKU
V9781403947161
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About Smith, Aaron; Westerbeek, Hans
HANS WESTERBEEK is Associate Professor of Sport Marketing at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia and is a director of Manage to Manage. He is President of the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand, as well as President of The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce in Australia. He has acted as a consultant to numerous sport organisations and the corporate ... Read more
Reviews for Business Leadership and the Lessons from Sport
'A wealth of sporting anecdotes provides readers with a funnel to refine and communicate their thoughts and ideas about leadership off the field. There are also some terrific sports stories such as the controlled egos in the 1992 US men's basketball team. If you like to communicate on leadership and teamwork via sporting analogies (as I do) then this book ... Read more