Human Resource Management in Olympic Sport Organisations, Vol. 3 Book

Foreword by Jean-Loup Chappelet
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1. Distinctive Features of Olympic Sport Organisations From a Human Resource Management Perspective
1.1 Olympic Sport Organisations As Volunteer Organisations
1.2 Stakeholders of Olympic Sport Organisations
1.3 The Participants: Primary Clients and Key Human Resources of Olympic Sport Organisations
1.4 Volunteer Workers in Olympic Sport Organisations
1.5 Professional Workers in Sport Organisations
1.6 Organisational Culture

Chapter 2. Human Resource Practices
2.1 Organisational Justice
2.2 Staffing an Olympic Sport Organisation
2.3 Recruiting Volunteers
2.4 Recruiting Volunteers for Events and Short-Time Projects
2.5 Keeping Volunteers Involved
2.6 Evaluating the Employees
2.7 Pay and Reward Systems
2.8 Training and Professional Development
2.9 Empowerment Practices
2.10 Athletes at the Centre of Olympic Sport Organisations: A Specific Case of Empowerment
2.11 Managing Conflict in Olympic Sport Organisations
2.12 The Professionalisation Process and the Professional-Volunteer Conflict
2.13 Managing the Professional-Volunteer Conflict

Chapter 3. Organisational Design and Human Resource Management in Olympic Sport Organisations
3.1 Organisational Structures, Design and Configurations
3.2 Olympic Sport Organisations As Systems
3.3 The Role and the Composition of the Executive Board in Olympic Sport Organisations
3.4 Forming a Powerful Board in Olympic Sport Organisations

Chapter 4. Managing Diversity in the Workplace
4.1 Expressions of Diversity
4.2 Strategies for Managing Diversity
4.3 Integrity of Individuals and Groups
4.4 Valuing Diversity: Gender Issues in the Management of Olympic Sport Organisations

Chapter 5. Leadership
5.1 The Multidimensional Model of Leadership
5.2 Transformational Leadership

Chapter 6. Change Management and Human Resources: Final Notes
6.1 What Is Change Management?
6.2 The Role of the Change Agents
6.3 Redesigning Olympic Sport Organisations to Meet the Transformation of Sport
6.4 Conclusion: Learning Organisations and Knowledge Management

Appendix
References