Understanding sport organizations : applications for sport managers / Trevor Slack, PhD, editor ; with Terri Byers, PhD, University of New Brunswick, Canada, and Alex Thurston, PhD, Loughborough University, UK.

Second edition: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Introducing sport management -- The management of sport organizations -- Doing research in sport management -- Part II. Fundamentals of managing sport organizations -- Organizational goals and effectiveness -- Sport organizations and their environments -- Dimensions of organizational structure -- Design options in sport organizations -- Sport organizations and their responses to policy -- Strategy in sport organizations -- Sport marketing -- Part III. Dynamics and complexity of managing sport -- Control in sport organizations -- Gender and sport organizations -- Volunteers in sport organizations -- Governance of sport organizations -- Decision making in sport organizations -- Power and politics in sport organizations -- Managing conflict in sport organizations -- Managing culture in sport organizations -- Organizational change in sport -- Leadership and sport organizations -- Part IV. Contemporary issues in sport organizations -- Mental health and sport organizations -- Technology in sport organizations -- Sports analytics -- Corporate responsibility and sport organizations -- Procurement and sport organizations.

"The classic groundbreaking text for understanding organizational theory in the sport industry is back in an extensively revised new edition. With an added emphasis on organizational behavior and practical applications of the theory, Understanding Sport Organizations: Applications for Sport Managers, Third Edition, provides a logical progression to understanding the many components of and processes in sport organizations. Readers will gain a strong theoretical foundation while learning how it applies within the context of the ever-changing field of sport management."--Publisher's website.