Introduction to Management

Management is a varied set of activities within the same limitations. Our organizations, our colleagues and ourselves all have a place (physical or not) that we want to end up and have limited time and resources to utilize to get there. Management is the top level of business sciences as its theory and application control and limit the effectiveness of other disciplines such as finance, marketing, communication, etc. In this chapter we will look at several examples of management at various levels – the sport itself, leagues, athletic departments, brands, etc.  The goal is to gain understanding for how management theory and practice are manifested in every level of every organization in sport and otherwise.