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Author: Rob Wilson (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) ,
Chris Platts (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) ,
Daniel Plumley (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) ,
Daniel Plumley (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 7th edition
Weight: 1.100kg
ISBN: 9780367421540
ISBN 10: 0367421542
Pages: 490
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'A comprehensive and extended version of this well-known and highly regarded sport and leisure management textbook, which provides both students and industry professionals with contemporary insights. The constantly evolving leisure and sport discipline is introduced, discussed, and illustrated through a range of impactful case studies and expellers, demonstrating up to date and global challenges to the field. These include the impacts of COVID 19 and ill-conceived environmental practices.' Dr Hazel Maxwell, Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Health and Community Care (BHCC) course and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania, Australia 'The 7th edition of Torkildsen’s Sport and Leisure Management is a timely update on this classic, comprehensive text. It provides a good introduction to the subject, covering all the important areas. Students will enjoy reading and learning from the many examples throughout the book.' Assistant Professor Leng Ho Keat, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
'A comprehensive and extended version of this well-known and highly regarded sport and leisure management textbook, which provides both students and industry professionals with contemporary insights. The constantly evolving leisure and sport discipline is introduced, discussed, and illustrated through a range of impactful case studies and expellers, demonstrating up to date and global challenges to the field. These include the impacts of COVID 19 and ill-conceived environmental practices.' Dr Hazel Maxwell, Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Health and Community Care (BHCC) course and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania, Australia 'The 7th edition of Torkildsen's Sport and Leisure Management is a timely update on this classic, comprehensive text. It provides a good introduction to the subject, covering all the important areas. Students will enjoy reading and learning from the many examples throughout the book.' Assistant Professor Leng Ho Keat, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Author Information
Rob Wilson is Head of Department in Sheffield Business School’s Department of Finance, Accounting, and Business Systems and a member of the Social and Economic Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, specialising in the finance and economics of the sport business industry. Chris Platts is a Senior Lecturer in sport based in the Academy of Sport and Physical Activity at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He undertook a PhD that explored the education and welfare provisions on offer for young professional footballers who sign as scholars between the ages of 16 and 18. Daniel Plumley is Principal Lecturer in the Department of Finance, Accounting, and Business Systems in the Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. His subject specialism is the finance of sport and leisure.
