A valuable and useful book for any student of sport management to have ready at hand.
Soren Bennike, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen Byers's excellent textbook provides a comprehensive and diverse introduction to relevant issues in the theory, principles, and practices of contemporary sport administration...a useful introduction and reference resource for anyone interested in sport ... Read moreadministration and management.
S. R. Kahn, University of Cincinnati With this edited and timely volume, Byers and her international expert contributors provide an expansive and easily digestible overview of key issues in sport management. From a critical perspective contemporary topics are examined within each chapter's introductory, case study, analysis, and action learning sections.
Paul M. Pedersen Contemporary Issues in Sport Management: A Critical Introduction presents an extensive selection array of absorbing contemporary issues relevant to managing sport. Internationally recognised scholars have contributed thought provoking chapters on current global and local issues that are challenging traditional ways of thinking about and delivering sport. Hot topics such as corruption, doping, ethics, player transgression, social media, innovation and corporate social responsibility will engage students in thinking about the dynamic nature of sport and organisational implications. The Tools for Analysis and Action Learning questions provide a great basis for students to employ higher-level thinking strategies to the diverse array of incredibly interesting `real life' Sport Cases presented in each chapter. This exciting new book is rich in theory and stimulates readers to really think through the associated implications for sport management practice.
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