Sport Management Series
About the Book Series
This Sport Management Series has been providing a range of texts for core subjects in undergraduate sport business and management courses around the world for more than 10 years. These textbooks are considered essential resources for academics, students and managers seeking an international perspective on the management of the complex world of sport.
Many millions of people around the globe are employed in sport organizations in areas as diverse as event management, broadcasting, venue management, marketing, professional sport, community and collegiate sport, and coaching as well as in allied industries such as sporting equipment manufacturing, sporting footwear and apparel, and retail.
At the elite level, sport has moved from being an amateur pastime to one of the world’s most significant industries. The growth and professionalization of sport has driven changes in the consumption and production of sport and in the management of sporting organizations at all levels of sport.
Managing sport organizations at the start of the 21st century involves the application of techniques and strategies evident in leading business, government and nonprofit organizations. This series explains these concepts and applies them to the diverse global sport industry.
To support their use by academics, each text is supported by current case studies, targeted study questions, further reading lists, links to relevant web-based resources, and supplementary online materials such as case study questions and classroom presentation aids.
Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus
3rd Edition
By Merryn Sherwood, Anthony Kerr, Ashleigh-Jane Thompson, Matthew Nicholson
May 26, 2025
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus combines in-depth analysis of the rapidly developing sport media industry with a clear and straightforward guide to practical sport media management skills. The book explains how the media works, as well as ...
Managing People in Sport Organizations: A Strategic Human Resource Management Perspective
3rd Edition
By Tracy Taylor, Alison Doherty, Shannon Kerwin
December 11, 2024
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Managing People in Sport Organizations outlines the theory and practice of managing people within a strategic framework. A complete textbook for any human resource management (HRM) in sport course, it explains how sport managers can get the best ...
Introduction to Sport Marketing
3rd Edition
By Aaron C.T. Smith, Constantino Stavros, James Skinner, Andrea N. Geurin, Lauren M. Burch
March 29, 2024
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Introduction to Sport Marketing is a clear, straightforward, and concise introduction to the theory and practice of sport marketing, and the only sport marketing textbook you will ever need. Built around a step-by-step framework for developing ...
Sport Management: Principles and Applications
6th Edition
By Russell Hoye, Katie Misener, Michael L. Naraine, Catherine Ordway
March 15, 2022
Now available in a fully revised and updated sixth edition, Sport Management: Principles and Applications tells you everything you need to know about the contemporary sport industry. Covering both the professional and nonprofit sectors, and with more international material than any other ...
Sport Funding and Finance: Second edition
2nd Edition
By Bob Stewart
July 29, 2014
Sport Funding and Finance provides a complete introduction to the macro-level and micro-level aspects of sport finance. It describes the evolution of sport from a kitchen-table operation into the sophisticated, boardroom-driven global financial industry that it is today. It uses the professional ...
Sport and Policy
1st Edition
By Barrie Houlihan, Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye
September 22, 2009
Sport and Policy is the first book of its kind to critically analyse the regulatory role of the state and its impact on sport and the intersections of sport with other areas of government policy. Offering a unique and comprehensive examination of how sport is affected by a range of government ...
Sports Economics
1st Edition
By Paul Downward, Alistair Dawson, Trudo Dejonghe
May 07, 2009
Sports Economics is the ideal introduction for all sport management and sport policy students and those for whom economics is a relatively new area of study. The book will also provide an ideal introduction to sports economics for economics students new to the area. Specifically designed to make ...
Sport Governance
1st Edition
By Russell Hoye, Graham Cuskelly
December 11, 2006
Sport Governance provides a comprehensive guide to the practical application of governance principles to amateur and professional sport organisations operating at the community, state/provincial, national, and international levels. It presents a balanced view between accepted practice and what ...