Critical Issues in Global Sport Management

Adopting a critical management perspective, this book examines the most important themes and challenges in contemporary global sport management. From governance, corruption and corporate social responsibility, to new media technologies, drugs in sport and global athlete migration, the book helps students and practitioners to understand the changing face of the global sport industry across compound business contexts and socio-economic environments. Including contributions from leading sport management researchers from the US, UK, Australia, continental Europe and beyond, this book will add depth and currency to any course in sport management, sport business or sport development.

Dr Nico Schulenkorf is Senior Lecturer for Sport Management at the UTS Business School. His research focuses on the social, cultural and health-related outcomes of sport and event projects, and in particular the role of sport in contributing to social development within and between disadvantaged communities. For several years, Nico has been involved in sport-for-development and health promotion programs in countries such as Sri Lanka, Israel and the Pacific Islands. He has been working with local and international NGOs, Government Agencies, Sport Associations and Ministries in developing capacities to implement, manage, monitor and evaluate development projects. Nico is co-founder and Deputy Editor of the Journal of Sport for Development. He has published his research in the leading sport management and sociology journals, including Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review and the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and is the co-editor of Global Sport-for-Development: Critical Perspectives (with Daryl Adair, 2014) and Managing Sport Development: An International Approach (with Emma Sherry and Pamm Phillips, 2015).

Dr Stephen Frawley is the Director of the Australian Centre for Olympic Studies at the UTS Business School. His research is focused on the organisation and management of the Olympic Games and associated mega-sport events. He has published widely on the Olympic Games and the Football World Cup and is the editor of Managing the Olympics (with Daryl Adair, 2013), Managing the Football World Cup (2014) and Managing Mega-Sport Events (2015). Stephen’s academic work is informed by his experience working on mega-sport events. From 1998 to 2001 Stephen worked for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Organising Committee in the Sport Management Division and was a consultant to Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.