Contemporary Sport Management
by Janet B. Parks, Beverly R.K. Zanger, and Jerome Quarterman
This text is aimed at students studying sport management, exercise, fitness management and athletic training. It should teach aspiring sport managers about this rapidly expanding field, enabling them to define sport management and discuss the scope of opportunities the sport industry presents. Thorough discussions on the major challenges confronting various segments of the industry are put in the historical context against psychological, sociological and philosophical foundations of sport. Key f...
This is a text for students on Sport Management Courses, and a reference for sport administrators and managers. It aims to provide the reader with a greater understanding of the issues and theoretical construction behind sport organisations. Case studies and profiles allow reader to apply knowledge from each chapter to a real life example. It features new chapters on strategic alliances and doing research in sport management and includes a new section in each chapter on key issues for sport mana...
I May Be Retired But I'll Always Be A Recreation Worker
by Magic Journal Publishing
Programming for Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services, 3rd Ed.
by Debra J Jordan
Includes profiles of: Robert Greenleaf, Jane Addams, Winnie Wong, Carolyn Griffiths, Lydia Kuyvenhoven, Barbara Cobas, Dana M. Bates, Jermal Stevenson, Mark Freidline, Ron Coplin, and Vicki Proctor.
Recreation and Leisure Programming
by Christopher R. Edginton, Rodney B. Dieser, Samuel V. Lankford, and Christopher L. Kowalski
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in Leisure Management
by Stephen. Howell and Pat Badmin
Getting into Sport and Fitness (MPW 'Getting Into' Guides)
by Beryl Dixon
The sport and fitness industry is a rapidly growing area of work. This fully revised second edition looks at the types of work available, the personal attributes you will need to enter the industry, what training is available for different jobs, and the career paths you can then follow. It also covers the professional bodies and useful reading and contact addresses.
Ilam Project
Japan today protects one-seventh of its land surface in parks, which are visited by well over a billion people each year. Parkscapes analyzes the origins, development, and distinctive features of these public spaces. Green zones were created by the government beginning in the late nineteenth century for state purposes but eventually evolved into sites of negotiation between bureaucrats and ordinary citizens who use them for demonstrations, riots, and shelters, as well as recreation. Thomas Hav...
Third Age and Leisure: Research, Principles and Practice
by Barbara Humberstone
A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Peer into the secret, silent world of the freshwater fish and explore evolution of the art and industry of fishing in Britain's rivers and streams. From cunning Neolithic traps, intricate Roman nets and quarrellous Victorian societies to the evolution of angling and eventual gentrification of river access, this history spans thousands of years and ends with a poignant call to protect the underwater world from t...
The Equine Business Guide
Health Club Management Handbook
The football business is changing while the game's traditional regulatory institutions are struggling to keep up with the problems raised by the sport's success. This work takes a look at who runs football and where the increasing amounts of money that flow into the game actually go. Contributors include David Conn, author of "The Football Business"; Armand Caraben, a former general manager of Barcelona Football Club; Adam Brown, a member of the Football Task Force; Brian Lomax, elected director...
During the 1990s the football industry has undergone a revolution of spectacular proportions: money men have become as important as the players and managers, and the workings of club stocks and shares, multi-million-pound transfers, merchandise, television deals and cash bungs are as high-profile as the matches played. This revolution and its repercussions for the game's future are discussed in this book, which focuses especially on the 1998 World Cup Finals and their impact on English football,...
Fort McHenry Alternative Transportation Study
by U S Department of Transportation
Safe Operation of Passenger Carrying Amusement Devices (Guidance Note, PM 48)
This book provides a profile of the mature travel market based on recent research by review sites such as Silver Travel Advisor, tour operators and agents, and national press. It identifies recent trends and potential growth areas in destinations/ types of holiday and what criteria holidaymakers use when planning a holiday. It also considers how the final choice is made by the customer, the range of options available for researching and comparing what is available, and ways they make their final...