THE BUSINESS OF SPORT MANAGEMENT
Chapter 8
 

MANAGING SMALL AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT
SPORT ORGANISATIONS

Cameron O'Beirne

 

MORE FROM THE AUTHOR:

No further supporting materials have been recommended by the chapter author.


WEBSITES RECOMMENDED BY THE AUTHOR:

The following websites may provide useful starting points for further knowledge on the management of SME sport business:

 

The Small Business Research Portal

The UK Government small business website

Businesslink.org is the website of Business Link, the UK national business advice service.
The Department of Sport and Recreation of the Western Australian Government has a comprehensive list of online resources for not-for-profit sport associations. These include templates for conducting club meetings, draft constitutions, strategic planning information and guides, member protection policies, insurance guides and job descriptions for office bearers.

A comprehensive guide to codes of conduct for players, spectators, parents, coaches and officials is available at the same website.

The Sport England website also has a comprehensive publications page which outlines a number of publications available free online or by mail order. These include information on facilities management, general sport club development, volunteer investment and sport and the environment.

Please refer to the chapter bibliography regarding the following websites:
  The author's Exploring the on-line sports organisation: the need for critical analysis.
Trevor Slack's Studying the commercialisation of sport: The need for critical analysis.

Sport England's Delivering best value through sport.

FROM THE EDITORS:

See the Australian Government's Australia's Sports Volunteers 2000 for an example of a detailed official survey.