This innovative textbook explains how sport and leisure organisations can become more entrepreneurial in order to achieve sustainable growth. It introduces key tools, techniques, and approaches that can help sport and leisure organisations put entrepreneurship at the centre of their culture.
Drawing on cutting-edge research, innovation discourses, and perspectives from multiple disciplines, the book introduces fundamental concepts in entrepreneurship, innovation, and enterprise, such as digitalisation, research and development (R&D), diversification, extendibility, and sustainability. It highlights future innovation challenges, provides innovative solutions, and introduces a new diagnostic tool for managing entrepreneurship and innovation. The book presents insights on everyday management challenges from experienced industry practitioners and considers the importance of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship at a time of austerity, recession, and increasing uncertainty.
Full of real-world cases and scenarios, as well as useful features to encourage critical reflection, this book is essential reading for any course on entrepreneurship taken as part of a degree course in sport management leisure, sports studies, recreation, event studies, entertainment management or tourism. It is also fascinating reading for practitioners looking to improve their professional skills.
Author(s): Simon Mosey, Richard Shipway, Chris Symons
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 183
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Tables
Case Studies
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Building an Entrepreneurial Sport or Leisure Organisation
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Entrepreneurship and innovation in sport and leisure (SL)
1.1.2 The sport and leisure industries
1.1.3 Entrepreneurship in sport and leisure
1.1.3.1 Key lines of enquiry
1.2 Meaning and importance of entrepreneurial practices for sport and leisure
1.3 Understanding innovation
1.4 Innovation: Meaning, importance and definitions for sport and leisure
1.4.1 Different forms of innovation
1.4.2 From incremental to radical innovation
1.5 Harmonising entrepreneurship and innovation for sport and leisure
1.6 Why does innovation occur?
1.7 Understanding organisational change
1.8 Determining innovation challenges in sport and leisure industries
1.9 Conclusion
References
2. Entrepreneurial Strategy for Sport and Leisure
2.1 Introduction: Positioning your sport and leisure organisation
2.2 The entrepreneurial view of strategy for the sport and leisure sectors
2.3 Entrepreneurial versus administrative approaches to strategy: The sport and leisure continuum of entrepreneurial management
2.4 What are the core competencies of a sport or leisure organisation?
2.5 What a core competence is not
2.6 Extending core competencies through dynamic capabilities
2.7 Doing it differently for sport and leisure: Consider a Blue Ocean Strategy
2.8 Competing in a Red Ocean and developing a Blue Ocean Strategy
2.9 Paradigm shifts for sport and leisure: Doing without and doing differently
2.10 Conclusion: Entrepreneurial strategy in practice
References
3. Sport and Leisure Entrepreneurial Strategy in Practice
3.1 Introduction
3.2 An overview of interviewees/participants
3.3 The need for entrepreneurial strategy
3.4 Insight from the experts: Strategy in practice for sport and leisure
3.5 Conclusion
References
4. Entrepreneurial Culture and Leadership in Sport and Leisure
4.1 Introduction: Culture and leadership considerations for sport and leisure (SL)
4.1.1 The importance and popularity of the sport and leisure sectors
4.1.2 Sport and leisure networks
4.2 Organisational structure for entrepreneurship in sport and leisure
4.3 Rules, regulations, policies, and inappropriate bureaucracy
4.4 People: Recruitment and motivation for entrepreneurship in sport and leisure
4.4.1 Recruiting the right people for entrepreneurship in sport and leisure
4.4.2 Motivating individuals to overcome inappropriate bureaucracy
4.5 Entrepreneurial leadership: Empowering people to identify and solve problems
4.5.1 Entrepreneurial vision to empower problem solving
4.5.2 The challenges of entrepreneurial leadership
4.5.3 The unique nature of sport and leisure leadership
4.6 Sport and leisure experiences and leadership for value creation
4.6.1 The 'Performance Economy' for sport and leisure
4.6.2 A new social contract within sport and leisure organisations
4.7 Conclusion: Diagnosis of an entrepreneurial culture in sport and leisure
References
5. Entrepreneurial Culture: In Practice
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Insights from the experts: The importance of entrepreneurial culture in practice
5.3 Conclusion
References
6. Interaction with External Stakeholders and the Importance of Sport and Leisure 'Communities'
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Building communities: The importance of the sport and leisure sectors and stakeholder engagement
6.3 A network approach to innovation: Moving towards the fifth generation for sport and leisure
6.4 Combining and recombining to find new value for sport and leisure
6.5 How to open up innovation for sport and leisure organisations
6.6 Looking to the extremes
6.7 Conclusion
References
7. Sport and Leisure Ecosystems
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Entrepreneurial ecosystems for sport and leisure
7.3 Innovation in sport and leisure isn't binary: It's ecosystems
7.4 The future of sport and leisure ecosystems
7.5 Conclusion
References
8. The Future for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Sport and Leisure
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Future innovation challenges - Understanding How and Where to innovate for the health and fitness market
8.3 Future innovation challenges: Taking a step back in order to spring forward: Future star gazing for sport and leisure
8.4 Innovation challenge discussion points
8.5 Diagnosing an entrepreneurial change programme for sport and leisure organisations
8.6 Examples of entrepreneurial change programmes
8.7 Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
