Management of Sports Development

Now in a fully revised and significantly expanded new edition, Management of Sports Development is a complete introduction to the theory, policy and practice of sports development. With a focus on professional knowledge and managerial competencies, this book defines conceptually and semantically the field of sports development and explains how a clear vision, managed processes of change and effective delivery can lead to the best sustainable outcomes for people, communities and sports organisations. The first section of this book introduces the developmental doctrines that underpin contemporary sports development and considers how research and writing about sports development influence policy and practice. The second section of this book then explores the diversity of perspectives and interests in the sports development landscape, from public policy, international sports development to cultural perspectives and social value. The third section takes a closer look at the personal, organisational and social change stimulated by sports development visions, a critical consideration for effective strategy, programme implementation and management, including current issues such as social justice, sustainability and mega-sporting events. The fourth and final section of this book looks closely at delivery, unpacking key functional areas such as governance, building organisational capacity, networks and partnerships, volunteering, digitalisation, and monitoring and evaluation. Management of Sports Development is an essential textbook for any sport development course and is invaluable reading for any policy maker or practitioner looking to improve their subject knowledge or professional skills.

Vassil Girginov, PhD, is a Professor of Sport Management at Brunel University London, UK. He also serves as the President of the European Association for Sport Management and the General Editor of Routledge Resource Online: Sport Studies. Girginov has authored and edited several books with Routledge and other publishers. His most recent book is Running Events: Policies, Marketing and Impacts (Routledge, 2018). Mathew Dowling, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Management in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK. His research focuses on sport governance and organisational and systemic change within not-for-profit sport organisations. He has an established track record of publishing in leading journals and has co-authored books within sport management, sport governance and comparative methods in sport.

PART ONE The Sports Development Field Introduction 1 Management of Sports Development as a Maturing Field and Profession VASSIL GIRGINOV 2 Theoretical Foundations and Advancements in Sports Development POPI SOTIRIADOU AND BOWEN YAO PART TWO Visions of Sports Development Introduction 3 Analysing Sports Development Discourses ISRA IQBAL, JULIA FERREIRA GOMES AND LYNDSAY HAYHURST 4 Public Policies on Sports Development: Mass and Elite Sport 'Visions' JONATHAN GRIX 5 Non- and Quasi-Governmental Organisations in Sports Development MATHEW DOWLING AND SPENCER HARRIS 6 International Sports Development Policies VERITY POSTLETHWAITE AND DAVID O'BYRNE 7 A Cultural Perspective on Sports Development CORA BURNETT 8 The Social Value of Sports Development LARISSA DAVIES AND PETER TAYLOR PART THREE Sports Development as a Process of Change 159 Introduction 161 9 Sport as an Agent for Social and Personal Change B. CHRISTINE GREEN AND SHERANNE FAIRLEY 10 Sports Development and Organisational Change JONATHAN ROBERTSON AND LOCHLIN HAMER 11 Major Sport Events and Sports Development BECCA LEOPKEY AND DANA ELLIS 12 Sports Development Addresses Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion SHANNON KERWIN, ERIK L. LACHANCE AND ASHLEY THOMPSON 13 Sports Development Strives for Social Justice JOANNE CLARKE, ANNETTE STRIDE, LOUISE MORBY AND JANINE PARTINGTON 14 Sports Development Faces Gender Representation LARA LESCH, CHRISTIAN ZIERKE AND PAMELA WICKER 15 Sports Development and Geography: The Importance of Space and Place NICHOLAS WISE 16 Sustainable Sports Development BRIAN MCCULLOUGH PART FOUR Sports Development as a Practice Introduction 17 Sports Development Governance Modes CHRISTOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS 18 Building Organisational and Management Capacity for the Delivery of Sports Development KATIE E. MISENER, PATTI MILLAR AND SARAH DUNBAR 19 Partnerships and Networks in Sports Development IAIN LINDSEY AND PHIL BROWN 20 Developing Sports Volunteering JOHN HAYTON, L INDSAY FINDLAY-KING AND KATE MARKS 21 Implementing Sports Development Programmes MARC K EECH 22 Competencies of Sports Development Managers ELIZABETH LEWIS AND STEVEN OSBORNE 23 Communicating Sports Development GASHAW ABEZA 24 Digitalisation of Sports Development MICHAEL L . NARAINE AND BRAD MILLINGTON 25 Monitoring and Evaluation for Sports Development SHUSHU CHEN AND ZHAOYU DUAN 26 Afterword: Managing Visions, Change and Delivery in Sports Development VASSIL GIRGINOV