1st Edition

Olympic Event Organization

By Eleni Theodoraki Copyright 2007
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

Olympic Event Organization is the first text to address a number of important questions in contemporary mega-event management: Which organizations are involved in the Olympic Movement and in what capacity? What are the interorganizational flows of authority and finance between them? How is work grouped, in what unit sizes, how specialized and formalized are work processes? How... Read more
Part I: Perspectives; Chapter 1 – Structures in Context; Chapter 2 – ‘Mega’ Organizing; Part II: The Olympic Movement; Chapter 3 – Olympic Organizations; Chapter 4 - Organizing in the Olympic Context; Part III: Olympic Event Organization; Chapter 5 – Bidding and Selection Phase Organizational Activity; Chapter 6 – Planning and Delivering Phase Organizational Activity; Epilogue.

Biography

Dr. Eleni Theodoraki is Reader in Festival and Event Management at Edinburgh Napier University Business School, UK. In March 2010 she was appointed Core Commissioner in the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 by the London Mayor.