Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Organization Theory and the Management of Sport Organizations -Why Sport Managers Need to Understand Organizations and Organization Theory -Some Definitions -Ways to Look at Sport Organizations -State of the Art in Sport Management and Suggestions for Future Directions -Format of the Book -Format of Each Chapter Chapter 2. Doing Research in Sport Management -The Research Process -Theoretical Framework -The So-Called Qualitative-Quantitative Research Debate -Research Design -Data Collection Methods -Data Analysis Methods -Quality Issues -The Write-Up Chapter 3. Organizational Goals and Effectiveness -Importance of Understanding Organizational Goals and Effectiveness for Sport Managers -Organizational Goals -Effectiveness or Efficiency -Approaches to Studying Organizational Effectiveness Chapter 4. Dimensions of Organizational Structure -Complexity -Formalization -Centralization Chapter 5. Design Options in Sport Organizations -Typologies and Taxonomies -Mintzberg''s Configurations -The Simple Structure -The Machine Bureaucracy -The Divisionalized Form -The Professional Bureaucracy -Adhocracy -Organizational Designs As Ideal Types -Notes on Organizational Size Chapter 6. Strategy -What Is Organizational Strategy? -Levels of Strategy -Strategy Formulation and Implementation -Strategy and Structure -Strategy in Voluntary Sport Organizations Chapter 7. Strategic Alliances -What Are Strategic Alliances? -Establishing Strategic Alliances -Managing Strategic Alliances Chapter 8.
Sport Organizations and Their Environments -The Nature of the Organizational Environment -Research on Organizational Environments -Controlling Environmental Uncertainty -Other Perspectives on the Organization-Environment Relationship -The Relationship Between an Organization''s Environment and Its Structure Chapter 9. Sport Organizations and Technology -What Is Technology? -Research on Technology and Organizations -Critiques of the Technology Imperative -Microelectronic Technologies -Relationship Between Technology and Organizational Structure Chapter 10. Power and Politics in Sport Organizations -Strategic Choice -Power and Authority -Sources of Power -Organizational Politics -Power in Sport Management Research Chapter 11. Managing Organizational Conflict -What Is Conflict? -Horizontal and Vertical Conflict -Is Conflict Dysfunctional to the Operation of a Sport Organization? -The Conflict Process -Sources of Conflict in Sport Organizations -Conflict Management Strategies -Stimulating Conflict -Current Research About Conflict Chapter 12. Organizational Change -The Concept of Change -Change As Paradox -Perspectives on Organizational Change -What Causes Organizational Change? -Resistance to Change -Dealing With Resistance and Implementing Change -Stages of the Change Process -Innovation in Sport Organizations Chapter 13. Organizational Decision Making -Defining Decision Making -Conditions Under Which Decisions Are Made -Approaches to Understanding Decision Making Chapter 14. Managing Organizational Culture -What Is Organizational Culture? -Manifestations of a Sport Organization''s Culture -Thick and Thin Cultures -One or More Cultures -Organizational Culture and Effectiveness -Creating, Managing, and Changing a Sport Organization''s Culture Chapter 15. Leadership and Sport Organizations -Trait Approach -Style or Behavioral Approach -Contingency or Situational Approach -Charismatic and Transformational Leadership -The Critique of Leadership and Some Suggestions for Leadership -Research in Sport Management Bibliography Index About the Authors.