Managing Olympic Sport Organisations
Chapter 1 Organising an Olympic Sport Organisation . 1
Leigh Robinson •
Andreu Camps Povill • Ian Henry • Luc Vandeputte • Mark Clark
Section 1.1 Operating
Environment of Olympic Sport Organisations 2
Illustration 1.1
Operating Environment: Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee 7
Section 1.2 Nature of
Olympic Sport Organisations . 11
Illustration 1.2
Structural Change in an NOC:
The Case of the
British Olympic Association 18
Section 1.3 Governance of
Organisations . 22
Illustration 1.3
Governance of the Estonian Olympic Committee 35
Section 1.4 Information
Management and Information Technology 37
Illustration 1.4
Information Management in the
Oceania National
Olympic Committees Continental Association 43
Section 1.5 Management of
Change . 45
Illustration 1.5
Changing the Governance of South African Sport 52
c Case Study 1 The Nature of the
Olympic Council of Malaysia 55
Chapter 2 Managing Strategically . 61
Emmanuel Bayle •
Joan Duncan • Jean-Loup Chappelet • Nicos Kartakoullis
Section 2.1 Preparing for
the Strategic Process 63
Illustration 2.1
Preparing for Strategic Planning:
New Zealand
Olympic Committee Inc. 68
Section 2.2 Diagnosis of
the OSO Environment . 70
Illustration 2.2
Environmental Diagnosis for the Cyprus National Olympic Committee 75
Section 2.3 Vision,
Values, Mission and Strategic Objectives 77
Illustration 2.3
Vision, Values, Mission and Strategic Objectives of the
Papua New Guinea
Olympic Committee: Strategic Plan, 2006-09 83
Section 2.4 Action Plans 84
Illustration 2.4
Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth
Games Association
National Strategic Framework 88
Section 2.5 Control and
Evaluation . 90
Illustration 2.5
Evaluation Criteria: Fédération Française de Canoë-Kayak 95
c Case Study 2 Developing the
Strategic Plan of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee 98
Chapter 3 Managing Human Resources 107
Jean Camy • Leigh
Robinson • Packianathan Chelladurai • Marie Leroux
Section 3.1 Organising
Human Resources Management . 109
Illustration 3.1
Office Rules and Regulations of the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. 114
Section 3.2 Developing a
Human Resources Strategy 120
Illustration 3.2
HRM Strategy of the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français 124
Section 3.3 Recruiting
and Motivating Human Resources . 128
Illustration 3.3
Motivations of Volunteers
in the Qatar
National Olympic Committee 134
Section 3.4 Developing
Human Resources Through Training 137
Illustration 3.4
Training Policy for Sport Administrators
of the National
Olympic Committee of Albania 144
Section 3.5 Developing
Skills for Managing Human Resources 146
Illustration 3.5
Managing Conflict in National Federations 154
c Case Study 3 Human Resources
Assessment and Design
for the Gambia
National Olympic Committee 157
Chapter 4 Managing Finance 163
Ghassan Haddad
Section 4.1 Good
Financial Management 164
Illustration 4.1
Principles of Financial Management:
Papua New Guinea
Olympic Committee 168
Section 4.2 Financial
Planning 170
Illustration 4.2
Financial Planning in British Swimming 176
Section 4.3 Budgeting . 177
Illustration 4.3
Budgeting in the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano 184
Section 4.4 Accounting
for Finances 190
Illustration 4.4
United States Olympic Training Center Waiver and Release of Liability 196
Section 4.5 Evaluation
and Reporting . 198
Illustration 4.5
Evaluation of the Coaching Development Programme
of the Palestinian
Rowing Federation 207
c Case Study 4 Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles: Swiss Olympic Association 210
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Chapter 5 Managing Marketing . 219
Alain Ferrand •
Andreu Camps Povill • Damjan Pintar
Section 5.1 What Can We
Market? 221
Illustration 5.1
Managing the Exchange Between an NOC
and Its Main
Sponsors: Comité Olímpico Argentino 229
Section 5.2 Managing the
Quality of the Offering . 231
Illustration 5.2
Assessment of Perceived Quality Offered by the
Romanian Olympic
and Sports Committee 238
Section 5.3 Developing a
Marketing Communication Strategy 240
Illustration 5.3
Managing Public Relations: Kuwait Olympic Committee 247
Section 5.4 Managing
Sponsorship . 249
Illustration 5.4
Sponsorship Plan of the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association 257
Section 5.5 Developing
and Managing a Marketing Strategy 259
Illustration 5.5
Sport Marketing Plan: Lesotho National Olympic Committee 268
c Case Study 5 Marketing of the Olympic
Committee of Slovenia,
Association of
Sports Federations 272
Chapter 6 Organising a Major Sport Event . 279
Laurent Boyer •
Denis Musso • Gérard Barreau
Laurence Boyer
Collas • Amar Addadi
Section 6.1 Deciding
Whether to Organise a Sport Event . 282
Illustration 6.1
Deciding Whether to Bid: Fédération Française de Badminton 285
Section 6.2 Legal and
Functional Structures . 288
Illustration 6.2
Organisational Structure of the 2003 South Pacific Games 294
Section 6.3 Organising
the Sport Event 298
Illustration 6.3
The 9th World Athletics Championships: Paris 2003 305
Section 6.4 Managing
Human Resources for a Sport Event 308
Illustration 6.4
Management of Volunteers at the
Winter Universiade
Innsbruck/Seefeld 2005 319
Section 6.5 Organising
Amenities, Sites and Spaces 323
Illustration 6.5
Facilities, Sites and Spaces for the
Rio de Janeiro
2007 Pan American Games 330
c Case Study 6 Organising the
Mediterranean Games: Almería 2005 333
References 345
Index 347
About the Contributors 357