This course will provide students with the fundamental knowledge of the field of sports management. The course will provide an overview of sports across different levels, key events within the sports industry, the stakeholders involved, and jobs within sports. Students will learn skills and competencies that will lend towards a career in sports management.
Competency 1: The student will recognize the necessary skills for a successful career in sports management.
Competency 2: The student will describe the key roles and responsibilities within successful sports organizations.
Competency 3: The student will compare and contrast the differences between amateur and professional sports.
Competency 4: The student will choose a desired sports management career path and illustrate knowledge of skills needed for success.
Competency 5: The student will attribute current industry best practices to sports management events and decisions.
Race and Sports Management
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Race and Sports Management examines the history of black and Hispanic coaches and managers in professional and college sports. Although opportunities to play sports are increasing for people of color, this title explores why the path from field to front office has been so difficult to navigate. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Sport, Leadership, and Social Inclusion
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This book considers how sport organizations can create inclusive practices to strengthen social progress, focusing on the importance of leadership in fostering positive change. Drawing on original research, and adopting a meso-level, multi-disciplinary approach that includes perspectives from sport management, the sociology of sport and organizational psychology, the book considers the evidence for sport as a vector of social progress. Featuring qualitative interviews with non-profit sport leaders from organizations across Europe, the book looks at the conditions under which social inclusion through sport is possible and examines the challenges and opportunities related to three areas of inclusivity and exclusivity: access, participation, and empowerment. Offering a new perspective on how leadership can help unlock the potential of sport as an inclusive force in society, this book is an important read for anybody with an interest in sport development, sport management, social inclusion, or the relationship between sport and wider society.
Encyclopedia of Sport Management
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Bringing together preeminent international researchers, emerging scholars and practitioners, Paul M. Pedersen presents the comprehensive Encyclopedia of Sport Management, offering detailed entries for the critical concepts and topics in the field. This excellent resource contains 330 entries from 250 of the leading experts in sport management. The entries cover managerial, finance, marketing, technology, and organizational behavior topics, as well as communication, legal, historical, sociological, and strategy topics related to the sport industry. In addition, the Encyclopedia offers references and recommended reading for those looking for more information on the topics covered. An authoritative reference work, this is a must-read resource for students, instructors and professors in sport management.
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