Applied Sport Management Skills

Name: Applied Sport Management Skills
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ISBN: 9781718213210

by Robert N. Lussier, David C. Kimball

4th Edition

Publisher: Human Kinetics, Inc.

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Print ISBN	9781718213210
eText ISBN	9781718213227
Publisher	Human Kinetics, Inc.
Publishing Year	2023
Edition	4th Edition
Language	English
Pages	544

Applied Sport Management Skills, 4th Edition, written by Robert N. Lussier and David C. Kimball, is a sport management textbook designed for academic courses. Published by Human Kinetics, Inc., the text organizes core instruction around four central management functions: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

The material aligns with Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Common Professional Component topics to support standardized program curricula. Additionally, the instruction integrates North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) guidelines throughout its subject coverage.

To support student study and classroom instruction, the text offers interactive online learning tools accessible via HKPropel. These HKPropel tools include flash-card activities, self-assessments, and Applying the Concepts quizzes.

Chapter 1: Managing Sports
- • Why Study Sport Management?
- • The Sport Industry and Sport Management
- • Sport Manager’s Responsibilities
- • What Does It Take to Be a Successful Manager?
- • What Do Sport Managers Do?
- • How Do Managers Differ?
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 2: The Sport Industry Environment: Globalization, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
- • Internal Environment and Quality in Sport
- • External Environment
- • Conducting Sport Business in a Global Environment
- • Ethics in Sport Management
- • Why Good People Use Unethical Behavior
- • Guides to Ethical Behavior and Managing Ethics
- • Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 3: Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making
- • An Overview of Problem Solving and Decision Making
- • Step 1: Define the Problem or Opportunity
- • Step 2: Set Objectives and Criteria
- • Step 3: Generate Alternatives
- • Step 4: Select the Most Feasible Alternative
- • Step 5: Plan and Implement the Decision
- • Step 6: Control the Results
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 4: Strategic and Operational Planning
- • An Overview of Strategic and Operational Planning
- • Strategic Process
- • Analysis of the Environment
- • Setting of Objectives
- • Corporate-Level Strategy
- • Business-Level Strategy
- • Operational-Level Strategies
- • Implementing and Controlling the Strategies
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 5: Organizing and Delegating Work
- • The Organizing Function
- • Authority
- • Organizational Design
- • Job Design
- • Organizing Yourself and Delegating Work
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 6: Managing Change, Culture, Innovation, and Diversity
- • Managing Change
- • Organizational Culture
- • Innovation and Quality
- • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I)
- • Diversity Groups and Sports
- • Organizational Development
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 7: Human Resources Management
- • Human Resources Management Process and Department
- • Legal Environment
- • Human Resources Planning and Job Design
- • Attracting Employees
- • Interviewing
- • Developing Employees
- • Performance Appraisals
- • Retaining Employees
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 8: Behavior in Organizations: Power, Politics, Conflict, and Stress
- • Organizational Behavior and Thoughts
- • Personality
- • Perception
- • Attitude Formation and Behavior
- • Power
- • Politics in the Office and on the Field
- • Managing Conflict
- • Negotiation
- • Collaboration Conflict Skills
- • Stress
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 9: Team Development
- • Importance of Teamwork to Performance
- • Group Performance Model
- • Group Structure
- • Group Process
- • Stages of Group Development and Leadership Styles
- • Getting to Better Meetings
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 10: Communicating for Results
- • Understanding the Importance of Good Communication
- • Using Organizational Communication
- • Using Interpersonal Communication
- • Using the Channels
- • Sending Messages
- • Receiving Messages
- • Responding to Messages
- • Dealing With Emotions and Criticism
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 11: Motivating to Win
- • Motivation and Performance
- • Content-Based Motivation Theories
- • Process-Based Motivation Theories
- • Reinforcement Theory
- • Putting Theory to Work Within the Motivational Process and Motivating Yourself
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 12: Leading to Victory
- • Leadership
- • Behavior of Effective Leaders
- • Contemporary Behavioral Perspectives
- • Situational Leadership Theories and Models
- • Getting to Your Personal Style of Leadership
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 13: Controlling Quality, Financials, Productivity and Managing People
- • Quality and Control Systems
- • Control Process
- • Frequency of Controls
- • Financial Controls
- • Managing People
- • Managing Problem Employees
- • Productivity
- • Learning Aids
Chapter 14: Facilities and Events Management
- • Sport Facilities and Event Management
- • Sport Facilities Management
- • Sport Event Management
- • Planning and Controlling Sports
- • Sales Forecasting Techniques
- • Scheduling Tools
- • Time Management
- • Learning Aids
Chapter Afterword: The Future of Sport Management
Chapter Appendix: Careers in Sport Management