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The Business of Sports: Cases and Text on Strategy and Management
George Foster , Stephen A. Greyser , and Bill Walsh Manufacturer: South-Western College Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0324233841 |
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Get the business casebook that scores on all levels! THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS: CASES AND TEXT ON STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT shows you how off-the-field business interests change the dynamics of play. Cases include: cases on major league soccer, the Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park, the pros and cons of hiring a sports agent, Magic Johnson's endorsement deals and the Women's NBA. And after every case is a discussion section, so you'll know you're learning what you need to know for the test.Customer Reviews:
Essential Reading for Aspiring Sports Executives.......2005-06-27
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Coaching Knock Your Socks Off Service
Ron Zemke , and Kristin Anderson Manufacturer: American Management Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0814479359 |
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Top performers in sports and the performing arts never outgrow their need for coaching, say authors Ron Zemke and Kristin Anderson, so why should your front-line employees be any different? On the contrary, they insist, workers also need ongoing encouragement and assistance in order to upgrade their customer-service skills, maintain their daily motivation, and enhance their ability to react when new problems arise. Coaching Knock Your Socks Off Service, the latest entry in a popular series, offers a series of solid suggestions for achieving first-rate customer service in any business environment through sustained coaching by management and employees themselves.Customer Reviews:
THE best book on customer service out there !.......1999-03-13
Outstanding practical guide on how to actually be a coach!.......1998-10-07
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The Big Book of Motivation Games
Robert Epstein , and Jessica Rogers Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071372342 |
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This addition to the best-selling Big Book of Business Games Series is packed with over 40 original games and exercises managers can use to motivate their teams—and themselves. The Big Book of Motivational Games presents managers with a variety of games that can be customized to suit their specific needs and group size. The book provides games designed to: - Stop Procrastination - Beat burnout - Fight boredom - Boost performance - Overcome failureCustomer Reviews:
Could be a good place to go.......2006-06-23
The big book of motivationa games.......2006-02-28
A Good Place to Start.......2005-09-27
Not many real games.......2004-04-04
So?.......2003-03-01
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Coaching Skills
Jenny Rogers Manufacturer: Open University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0335213308 |
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"I have just read my first - and probably last - whole book on coaching. It is my last because it has done the job, giving me the most comprehensive examination of the art." David Amos, former Deputy Director of HR at the DoH, writing in the Health Service Journal.
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The Quotable Coach: Leadership and Motivation From History's Greatest Coaches
Manufacturer: Career Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1564146456 |
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Using short, inspirational phrases that crystallize the concepts of motivation and determination, many coaches-known and unknown, from high school to the pros-have mastered the fine art of summing up a key point in a single sentence or phrase. Sports coaches, perhaps more than any other profession in America, are the best at delivering these short, pithy quotes. The Quotable Coach is the first book to gather more than a thousand of these inspirational wonders. It is filled with words to stoke your competitive fires, touch your heart, raise your level of motivation, or even make you laugh. As a sports columnist for The Washington Times, author, Thom Loverro deals daily with coaches faced with the challenge of trying to move their players to greater glory, or having to explain to a horde of reporters why their team failed to meet expectations.Customer Reviews:
Get Motivated to Win!.......2004-03-10
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability." --John Wooden
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." --John Wooden
If you love sports and like to use motivational quotes then this book is for you. Highly recommended.
Zev Saftlas, Author of Motivation That Works: How to Get Motivated and Stay Motivated
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Effective Coaching: Lessons from the Coach's Coach
Myles Downey Manufacturer: Texere ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1587991721 |
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A pragmatic and passionate guide that establishes the many benefits of coaching in order to create a working environment for individuals and organizations to ensure that both fulfill their full potential.Customer Reviews:
A Great Introduction to Coaching.......2002-04-10
Myles Downey's book, despite its relative brevity, makes an excellent job of introducing some of the key considerations involved in training or hiring business coaches. At 135 pages (including the Introduction) you obviously aren't going to get an in-depth explanation of what coaching can do for you and/or your company. What I think you WILL get is a pretty good feeling for whether coaching is something you want to get involved with.
If that makes the book sound a bit airy-fairy, I apologise. Mr Downey also does an excellent job of laying the groundwork for becoming an "effective coach" - if that's what you're after. There are plenty of very practical tips, including useful models, such as the "Spectrum of Coaching Skills" and the "GROW" (or "TO GROW") outline for any coaching session.
One of the highlights of the book as far, as I was concerned, was the inclusion of snippets of dialogue (ranging from a few lines to several pages in length) used to actually demonstrate how to handle various elements of the coaching function.
The one element of the book I felt a little uneasy about was Mr Downey's hypothesis that a manager can also function as coach to one of his/her subordinates. As Mr Downey himself points out, facts and thoughts might emerge during a coaching session that could potentially be somewhat damaging when it comes to appraisal time. There seems to be an assumption that a "good" manager could somehow separate the two functions and ignore in 'manager mode' the things s/he has learnt whilst in 'coaching mode'.
I'd suggest that this is a piece of impractical idealism, which places an unrealistic and unfair burden upon the manager and the coachee alike.
Rather than sweeping such considerations under the rug, it seems to me that coaching is likely to remain a fad until issues such as this have been fully addressed and resolved.
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Coach 2 the Bottom Line: An Executive Guide to Coaching Performance, Change and Transformation in Organizations
Mike R. Jay Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1552122840 |
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The primary aim or purpose of this book is providing a methodology for creating a CoachSystem (CS) in an organization.Customer Reviews:
well written and easy to follow and understand.......1999-11-02
The depth of your research and how you incorporated into your thoughts and practice was appreciated throughout the book. It is well written and easy to follow and understand. I am recommending it to all my colleagues. We are not coaches but just understanding the dynamics you put forth are sound for any relationships we encounter in the future of our practice.
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How to Mentor and Support Learning
Stuart Emmett Manufacturer: Spiro Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1904298656 |
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This book describes what mentoring is and how toapply it ina useful and correct way.
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Human Resource Management in Sport And Recreation
P. Chelladurai Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0736055886 |
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The second edition of this ground-breaking text continues to guide students toward a greater understanding of human resource management in the sport and recreation environment. Human Resource Management in Sport and Recreation, Second Edition, provides future practitioners with a solid foundation in research and application of human resource management for success in the sport industry.With more than 30 years of experience in management of human resources, Dr. Packianathan Chelladurai provides an understanding of the dynamics of human resources and management, bringing into focus the three divergent groups of people who constitute human resources in sport and recreation organizations: paid professional workers, volunteers, and the clients themselves. Dr. Chelladurai goes on to match managerial processes with individual differences among those three groups.
Human Resource Management in Sport and Recreation, Second Edition, merges the fields of human resource management and the sport industry in an easy-to-read manner. Its updated references, examples, and studies reflect the increased growth, interest, and complexity in human resource management in sport in recent years. This new edition places a greater emphasis on managerial competencies, the strategic importance of human resource management, and the implications of organizational justice. There is also a new chapter on internal marketing, a concept that has not been addressed adequately in a sport context but deserves attention as sport and recreation organizations better understand the importance of human resource management. This new chapter details the potential impact of internal marketing and outlines its uses.
Student comprehension is aided by several special elements, including "Viewpoint" sidebars providing quotes and findings from experts and researchers, "Review" sidebars highlighting key points, and practical sidebars detailing applications of research or problems that practitioners must be aware of. The book also includes learning objectives, summaries, key terms, and end-of-chapter activities.
Part I outlines the unique and common characteristics of the three groups in human resources. Part II focuses on differences among people and how the differences affect behavior in sport and recreation organizations. This part covers human resource issues related to abilities, personality, values, and motivation among the three sets. Part III explores significant organizational processes in the management of human resources. Included are chapters on organizational justice, job design, staffing and career considerations, leadership, performance appraisal, reward systems, and internal marketing. Finally, part IV discusses two significant outcomes expected of human resource practices: satisfaction and commitment.
Human Resource Management in Sport and Recreation, Second Edition, will guide students' understanding of key concepts in human resources in the sport and recreation industry. In doing so, it will prepare them for a career in that industry.
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It's a bible for sports related admin's.......2004-10-10
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Evaluating Worksite Health Promotion
David H. Chenoweth Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0736036474 |
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