HRM in Sport Books

New and Published Books

1. Routledge Handbook of Sport Management

   Edited by Leigh Robinson, Packianathan Chelladurai, Guillaume Bodet, Paul Downward

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   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...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
2. Human Resource Management in the Sport and Leisure Industry

   By Chris Wolsey, Sue Minten, Jeffrey Abrams

   The sport and leisure sectors possess unique characteristics that pose particular challenges for managers and human resource professionals. The age profile of workers, seasonality, the pressure to achieve short-term results, media intrusion, wide differences in pay between elite and community...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
3. The Sports Management Toolkit

   By Paul Emery

   The Sports Management Toolkit is a practical guide to the most important management tools and techniques available to those working in the sport and leisure industries. Designed to bridge the gap between the classroom and the workplace, it includes ten free-standing chapters, each of which provides...

   Published April 17th 2011 by Routledge
4. Managing Voluntary Sport Organizations

   Edited by Leigh Robinson, Dick Palmer

   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...

   Published September 14th 2010 by Routledge
5. Managing People in Sport Organizations

   By Tracy Taylor, Alison Doherty, Peter McGraw

   Managing People in Sport Organizations provides a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of managing people within a human resource management framework. It provides the reader with the skills to understand and work with people in sport organizations and, given the significant changes in...

   Published August 27th 2007 by Routledge