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By
Eleni Theodoraki, Napier Business School, Napier University, Scotland.
Description
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 complex,
dynamic, diversified, or friendly is their environment?
* What are the power issues and how do the technological processes affect these
organizations?
* How do the OCOGs evolve in their life cycle, what pressures shape their structures and management processes and how
is work co-ordinated?
The examination of the Olympic Games event organization in the 10-year period, from bidding to post-games closing
down, draws material from host cities to explore the types of interorganizational flows that take place at various stages for the Olympic
Games to be delivered. Knowledge transfer from one host city to the next and an established organizational field also means that management
practises sometimes follow some externally imposed organizing logics. The challenges faced by organizers are discussed and the tensions
that a strong management template from the IOC creates are also examined. Finally, the issue of sustainability of the Olympic Games is
identified along with an analysis of the ways in which the concepts of impact are appropriated by the various stakeholders involved with
the Olympic Games as they attempt to influence public opinion.
Written in an accessible and insightful manner Olympic Event
Organization is essential reading for both academics and practitioners alike.
Audience
Primary: 3rd year undergraduates, postgraduates and academics learning and teaching on sport/leisure/event management courses.
Secondary: Senior event managers
Contents
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.
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Hardbound, 208 pages, publication date: SEP-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8476-7
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8476-3
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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