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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Organization Theory and the Management of Sport Organizations | |
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Why Sport Managers Need to Understand Organizations and Organization Theory | |
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Some Definitions | |
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Ways to Look at Sport Organizations | |
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State of the Art in Sport Management and Suggestions for Future Directions | |
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Format of the Book | |
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Format of Each Chapter | |
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Doing Research in Sport Management | |
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The Research Process | |
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Theoretical Framework | |
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The So-Called Qualitative-Quantitative Research Debate | |
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Research Design | |
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Data Collection Methods | |
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Data Analysis Methods | |
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Quality Issues | |
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The Write-Up | |
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Organizational Goals and Effectiveness | |
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Importance of Understanding Organizational Goals and Effectiveness for Sport Managers | |
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Organizational Goals | |
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Effectiveness or Efficiency | |
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Approaches to Studying Organizational Effectiveness | |
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Dimensions of Organizational Structure | |
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Complexity | |
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Formalization | |
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Centralization | |
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Design Options in Sport Organizations | |
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Typologies and Taxonomies | |
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Mintzberg's Configurations | |
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The Simple Structure | |
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The Machine Bureaucracy | |
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The Divisionalized Form | |
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The Professional Bureaucracy | |
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Adhocracy | |
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Organizational Designs As Ideal Types | |
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Notes on Organizational Size | |
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Strategy | |
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What Is Organizational Strategy? | |
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Levels of Strategy | |
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Strategy Formulation and Implementation | |
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Strategy and Structure | |
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Strategy in Voluntary Sport Organizations | |
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Strategic Alliances | |
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What Are Strategic Alliances? | |
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Establishing Strategic Alliances | |
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Managing Strategic Alliances | |
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Sport Organizations and Their Environments | |
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The Nature of the Organizational Environment | |
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Research on Organizational Environments | |
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Controlling Environmental Uncertainty | |
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Other Perspectives on the Organization-Environment Relationship | |
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The Relationship Between an Organization's Environment and Its Structure | |
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Sport Organizations and Technology | |
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What Is Technology? | |
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Research on Technology and Organizations | |
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Critiques of the Technology Imperative | |
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Microelectronic Technologies | |
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Relationship Between Technology and Organizational Structure | |
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Power and Politics in Sport Organizations | |
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Strategic Choice | |
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Power and Authority | |
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Sources of Power | |
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Organizational Politics | |
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Power in Sport Management Research | |
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Managing Organizational Conflict | |
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What Is Conflict? | |
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Horizontal and Vertical Conflict | |
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Is Conflict Dysfunctional to the Operation of a Sport Organization? | |
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The Conflict Process | |
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Sources of Conflict in Sport Organizations | |
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Conflict Management Strategies | |
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Stimulating Conflict | |
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Current Research About Conflict | |
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Organizational Change | |
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The Concept of Change | |
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Change As Paradox | |
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Perspectives on Organizational Change | |
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What Causes Organizational Change? | |
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Resistance to Change | |
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Dealing With Resistance and Implementing Change | |
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Stages of the Change Process | |
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Innovation in Sport Organizations | |
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Organizational Decision Making | |
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Defining Decision Making | |
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Conditions Under Which Decisions Are Made | |
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Approaches to Understanding Decision Making | |
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Managing Organizational Culture | |
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What Is Organizational Culture? | |
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Manifestations of a Sport Organization's Culture | |
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Thick and Thin Cultures | |
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One or More Cultures | |
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Organizational Culture and Effectiveness | |
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Creating, Managing, and Changing a Sport Organization's Culture | |
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Leadership and Sport Organizations | |
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Trait Approach | |
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Style or Behavioral Approach | |
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Contingency or Situational Approach | |
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Charismatic and Transformational Leadership | |
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The Critique of Leadership and Some Suggestions for Leadership | |
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Research in Sport Management | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |