Understanding Sport Organizations: Applications for Sport Managers

Understanding Sport Organizations: Applications for Sport Managers
ISBN-10
1492500801
ISBN-13
9781492500803
Series
Understanding Sport Organizations
Category
Organizational sociology
Pages
538
Language
English
Published
2020
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers
Authors
Trevor Slack, Terri Byers, Alex Thurston

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Understanding Sport Organizations provides a strong foundation in organizational theory and organizational behavior and addresses how that theory is applied in a real-world context. It engages readers by providing opportunities to discover the theory in practice.

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