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Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Managing People in Sport Organizations outlines the theory and practice of managing people within a strategic framework.

A complete textbook for any human resource management (HRM) in sport course, it explains how sport managers can get the best out of their teams and organizations, develop their professional skills, and create a sustainable performance culture. Structured around the functional flow of HRM practice – from recruitment to rewards – the book introduces every key area of people management, including strategy, planning, training, performance management, and managing change. This new edition includes expanded coverage of topics such as e-HRM and post-COVID workplaces. There is also a new foundational chapter focused on the individual in the organization that sets the context for their effective management.

With international cases, examples, and data included in every chapter, this is essential reading for any sport management student or HR professional working in sport.

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Managing People in Sport Organizations outlines the theory and practice of managing people within a strategic framework.

A complete textbook for any human resource management (HRM) in sport course, it explains how sport managers can get the best out of their teams and organizations, develop their professional skills, and create a sustainable performance culture. Structured around the functional flow of HRM practice – from recruitment to rewards – the book introduces every key area of people management, including strategy, planning, training, performance management, and managing change. This new edition includes expanded coverage of topics such as e-HRM and post-COVID workplaces. There is also a new foundational chapter focused on the individual in the organization that sets the context for their effective management.

With international cases, examples, and data included in every chapter, this is essential reading for any sport management student or HR professional working in sport.

Theory is an essential element in the development of any academic discipline and sport management is no exception. This is the first book to trace the intellectual contours of theory in sport management, and to explain, critique and celebrate the importance of sport management theory in academic research, teaching and learning, and in the development of professional practice.

Written by a world-class team of international sport management scholars, each of whom has taken a leading role in developing a particular theory or framework for understanding sport management, the book covers the full span of contemporary issues, debates, themes and functional approaches, from corporate social responsibility and diversity to strategy, marketing and finance. Every chapter explores a key theoretical approach, including an overview of that theory, a discussion of the process of theory development and of how the theory has been employed in research, practice or teaching, and outlines directions for future research in that area. Each chapter includes cases and examples, as well as short illustrative commentaries from people who have used that particular theory in their work, and attempts to highlight the theory-practice links, or gaps, in that area.

For a fully-rounded understanding of what sport management is and how it should be studied, taught and practiced, a thorough grounding in theory is essential. The Routledge Handbook of Theory in Sport Management is therefore important reading for all advanced students, researchers, instructors, managers and practitioners working in this exciting field.

Theory is an essential element in the development of any academic discipline and sport management is no exception. This is the first book to trace the intellectual contours of theory in sport management, and to explain, critique and celebrate the importance of sport management theory in academic research, teaching and learning, and in the development of professional practice.

Written by a world-class team of international sport management scholars, each of whom has taken a leading role in developing a particular theory or framework for understanding sport management, the book covers the full span of contemporary issues, debates, themes and functional approaches, from corporate social responsibility and diversity to strategy, marketing and finance. Every chapter explores a key theoretical approach, including an overview of that theory, a discussion of the process of theory development and of how the theory has been employed in research, practice or teaching, and outlines directions for future research in that area. Each chapter includes cases and examples, as well as short illustrative commentaries from people who have used that particular theory in their work, and attempts to highlight the theory-practice links, or gaps, in that area.

For a fully-rounded understanding of what sport management is and how it should be studied, taught and practiced, a thorough grounding in theory is essential. The Routledge Handbook of Theory in Sport Management is therefore important reading for all advanced students, researchers, instructors, managers and practitioners working in this exciting field.