Events Books

New and Published Books

1. Events Management

   An Introduction

   By Charles Bladen, James Kennell, Emma Abson, Nick Wilde

   Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This major new introductory textbook is the first to fully explore the multi-disciplinary nature of events management and to provide all the practical skills and professional knowledge students need to succeed in the events industry...

   Published February 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Event Policy

   From Theory to Strategy

   By Malcolm Foley, David McGillivray, Gayle McPherson

   As the event management field expands, there has been an emergence of a distinctive ‘events’ policy field of study and a need for more advanced texts that look at this subject with a multidisciplinary research and theoretical orientation. Events Policy: From Theory to Strategy is the first text to...

   Published August 29th 2011 by Routledge
3. Events Management

   3rd Edition

   By Glenn A.J. Bowdin, Johnny Allen, William O'Toole, Rob Harris, Ian McDonnell

   Series: Events Management

   Events Management is the must-have introductory text providing a complete A-Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events. The book: introduces the concepts of event planning and management presents the study of events management within an academic environment...

   Published August 13th 2010 by Routledge
4. Strategic Sports Event Management

   2nd Edition

   By Guy Masterman

   The hosting of sports events – whether large international events, or smaller niche interest events – has huge and long-lasting impacts on the local environment, economy and industry. Strategic Sports Event Management: Olympic Edition provides students and event managers with an insight into the...

   Published March 23rd 2009 by Routledge
5. Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management

   By Cheryl Mallen, Lorne Adams

   Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management encourages students to apply theoretical foundations as they “think through” the requirements for any specific event, enabling them to develop a knowledge strategy for event management that will guide them into this field. This book focuses...

   Published April 27th 2008 by Routledge
6. Olympic Event Organization

   By Eleni Theodoraki

   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...

   Published September 6th 2007 by Routledge
7. Working with Volunteers in Sport

   Theory and Practice

   By Graham Cuskelly, Russell Hoye, Chris Auld

   The contribution of volunteers in terms of time and expertise is integral to sport development and delivery from ‘sport for all’ to elite levels. Good volunteer management and a clear understanding of the way volunteers work in sport is essential to protect and nurture this valuable group of...

   Published July 24th 2006 by Routledge
8. Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events

   By Hans Westerbeek, Aaron Smith, Paul Turner, Paul Emery, Christine Green, Linda van Leeuwen

   From corporate boxes to sprinklers, food outlets to toilets, and first aid to media management... the facility and event managers are accountable for the success of sporting ventures and events. Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events explains how to get the job done. With detailed...

   Published July 13th 2006 by Routledge