Managing the Paralympics
This book critically examines the planning, management, and operations of the world's premier event for Para sport athletes. Noting a lack of research into how these games are planned and managed, the authors of this contributed volume discuss how the Paralympics are essentially different to th...
| Other Authors: | Darcy, Simon, 1964-, Frawley, Stephen, 1969-, Adair, Daryl,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, United Kingdom :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2017]
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1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Paralympic Games: Managerial and Strategic Directions (Simon Darcy, Stephen Frawley and Daryl Adair)
- Chapter 2 Stakeholders and the Paralympic Games (Mathew Dowling and David Legg)
- Chapter 3 Accessibility as a Key Management Component of the Paralympics (Simon Darcy)
- Chapter 4 Managing Legacy and the Paralympic Games (Laura Misener)
- Chapter 5 Managing Paralympic bodies: the technology of classification and its impact on (dis)abled athletes (P. David Howe and Paul J. Kitchin)
- Chapter 6 Anti-doping for Paralympians (Daryl Adair)
- Chapter 7 Managing Paralympic Sport Organisations
- The STEEPLE Framework (Mary Hums and Eli A Wolff)
- Chapter 8 Leading the Team: The Role of the Chef de Mission at the Paralympic Games (Darren Peters, Stephen Frawley and Daniel Favaloro)
- Chapter 9 Volunteer Management at the Paralympic Games (Tracey J Dickson, F. Anne Terwiel and Fiona Buick)
- Chapter 10 Media and the Paralympics: Progress, Visibility and Paradox (Gerard Goggin and Brett Hutchins)
- Chapter 11 Communicating and Managing the Message: Media and Media Representation of Disability and Paralympic Sport (Ian Brittain)
- Chapter 12 Marketing and Sponsorship at the Paralympic Games (David Legg and Mark Dottori)
- Chapter 13 Strategic Opportunities and Future Research (Simon Darcy, Stephen Frawley and Daryl Adair).