Sports Management: Global and Indian Strategies

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Management in sports is emerging as a specialized and technical field these days. Considering the key role of sports in national life, its management assumes significance. Activities relating to sports and physical education are essential components of human resource development, helping to promote good health, comradeship and a spirit of friendly competition, which, in turn, have a positive impact on the overall development of personality of the youth. Excellence in sports enhances the sense of achievement, national pride and patriotism. Sports also provide beneficial recreation, improve productivity and foster social harmony and discipline. Several H R aspects of management like human capital, strategic planning, group dynamics, coaching strategies including leadership, motivation, communication and feedback, attitude, behavior and ethics are core to sports. To explore these dimensions becomes essential for the development of sports as a field. Considering Indiaâ€™s poor performance in international sports, H R aspects can be viewed analytically and strengthened for the growth and development of sports in India. The present book proposes to have an introductory look into the subject of sports, how H R aspects are interwoven into sports and policies framed for the game, with the basic theme of revolving around H R aspects in sports that help to make sports a better event and sportsperson a sports star. This book is divided into three sections. Section I represents an overview of sports in India, in which, it discusses sport infrastructure, initiatives, and organizations involved. Section II talks about the Human Resource (HR) aspects and application in sports. Section III explores strategies and policies of different countries like India, Australia, Europe, England and Canada for their country sports.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Prabha Shastri Ranade

Prabha Shastri Ranade holds a Master's degree in Geography and Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Nagpur University. She has over 25 years of teaching and research. experience. She is currently working as Consulting Editor at Icfai Business School Research Centre, Ahmedabad. She started her career as Research Officer at National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization, (Government of India) Kolkata, and has moved to teaching of Geography at Nagpur University. Later, she was awarded UGC's Research Associateship for post doctoral research projects, under which she worked at Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi for about 15 years. She has contributed numerous articles in academic journals, conference proceedings, edited books, newspapers and the Encyclopedia of World Geography (New York). She has edited a few books published by the Icfai University Press and also published four books, 'Maharashtra', under States of Our Union Series, by the Publications Division of Government. of India; Population Dynamics in India by Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi; Industries and Environment: A Study of Impact Assessment by APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi; and a text book on "Geography" for the Maharashtra State Text Book Bureau, Pune. She has presented research papers at various national and international conferences and seminars, held within the country and abroad. She was the recipient of "Young Scientist" honour by the Indian Science Congress for her research contribution. Her areas of expertise and interests include geography, population, resources and environment.