Key Concepts in Sport Management

This is a highly informative text that links the key concepts in sport management to broader issues for research, in particular, the role of past research in informing current research agendas. In presenting a reference guide that draws on Organizational Theory to formulate research questions, Terri Byers, Trevor Slack and Milena Parent offer students a highly original text for understanding both the theory and the practice of the management of sport, the sports industry and broader concerns for management, sports law, and media/broadcasting.
Catherine Palmer
Associate Professor in Sociology, Deakin University, Australia

Byers, Slack, and Parent′s Key Concepts in Sports Management is a must have introductory reference guide for graduate and undergraduate sport management students and a highly suggested read for established and developing sport management professors, researchers, and practitioners. Their book - which is underpinned with a strong organizational theory foundation and sustained with an interweaving of conceptual issues and practical applications - is highly relevant for use in endeavors associated with pedagogical, scholarly, and practical aspects of our field. While the authors use organizational theory as the basis to explain various issues and concepts, the book has a strong connection to myriad disciplines and segments - ranging from sport law and sport marketing to sport finance and sport media - affiliated with the management of sport. In addition to the authors′ detailed examination and application of core concepts and affiliated research, readers will find highly beneficial Byers, Slack, and Parent′s suggestions for future research as well as additional scholarly reading material related to the various interrelated concepts and issues examined in their guide.

Paul M. Pedersen
PhD Professor & Director, Sport Management Doctoral Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States

Key Concepts in Sport Management is an accessible and different guide for students and practitioners alike, on relevant concepts from organisational theory and beyond. It is comprehensive, with 46 chapters, each between 1000 and 2000 words long, on different concepts. Furthermore, it shows the interrelationships between these concepts and it has over 100 pages of relevant references. I′m sure that it will become a standard reference text for sports management. alike′
Peter Taylor
Professor of Sport Economics, Sport Industry Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom

Key Concepts in Sport Management provides students, practitioners and researchers in the field of sport management with a valuable compilation of sensitizing concepts, definitions and interesting references. With the structure, style and extensive content the book meets its purpose.

Michel van Slobbe
European Sport Management Quarterly

As part of the ′Key Concepts′ series, this book more than satisfies the criterion of offering students ′accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics.′

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Concise chapters but a few concepts missing. Well written and student friendly. -- Miss Lisa Binney * drupal *
A good text to get our second years′ thinking about sports management and the background to the careers some of them are looking to undertake. Really useful for my sport management unit.

-- Mr charlie whewell * drupal *
A useful text with information that complements other texts we use and will be added to our reccomended reading list -- Mr Dan Burns * drupal *
Good background reading for all our students and several chapters provide excellent focused materials -- Mr Ian ROBERTS * drupal *
This is a very valuable resource that provides brief yet theoretically substantial overviews of many important concepts that underpin the course content.

Given the disparate nature of the prior student experience of those undertaking the MSc Management (Sport) at the University of Ulster this is a timely publication. -- Mr Paul Kitchin * drupal *
The book is good at acknowledging the various topics that impact upon the Sports Management industry. Indeed, it highlights how the subject area considers aspects that could be transfered across various related industries. The suggestions for further reading are useful - I′m sure that students would appreciate this. Given the fact that events are often seen as a ′shop window′ for much sports management work, I was surprised that this was given such a small level of coverage. That said, I will be recommending this book to my students. -- Mr Ryan Thomas * drupal *
This book provides a thorough and detailed introduction to the central concepts which underpin the study of sports management, and will act as an excellent reference point for students who are commencing study in this particular subject area. -- Mr Stuart Whigham * drupal *