The Conference will be hosted by the University of Texas Sport Management Department, a program housed in the College of Education at UT.
NASSM is actively involved in supporting and assisting professionals working in the fields of sport, leisure and recreation. The purpose of the North American Society for Sport Management is to promote, stimulate, and encourage study, research, scholarly writing, and professional development in the area of sport management - both theoretical and applied aspects. Topics of interest to NASSM members include sport marketing, future directions in management, employment perspectives, management competencies, leadership, sport and the law, personnel management, facility management, organizational structures, fund raising, and conflict resolution.
Featured Books at this Event
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Edited by Tim McGarry, Peter O'Donoghue, Jaime Sampaio
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Sport performance analysis techniques help coaches, athletes and sport scientists develop an objective understanding of actual sport performance, as opposed to self-report, fitness tests or laboratory based experiments. For example, contemporary performance analysis enables elite sports people and...
Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
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Policy, Process and Practice
Edited by Kevin Hylton
At a time of profound change in the economic, social, political and sporting landscape, sport development faces important challenges. Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport Development: Policy, Process and Practice is still the most detailed, authoritative and comprehensive guide...
Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
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Responsibility for performance
By Daniel Covell, Sharianne Walker
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Managing Sports Organizations is still the most interesting, challenging, and student-focused introduction to sport management currently available. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book explores every key topic, issue and concept...
Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
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Edited by Claudio Tamburrini, Torbjörn Tännsjö
Series: Ethics and Sport
The book aims to establish a critical dialogue between sports ethicists and bioethicists across the range of sporting disciplines at elite level. It will address questions such as:
are the increasingly intrusive testing methods of elite sports compatible with the right to autonomy and privacy...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge