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Olympic Risks / Will Jennings.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jennings, William J. (William John), 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olympics--Management.
- Olympics.
- Sports administration.
- Risk management.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Summary:
- "An exploration of how the Olympics are organized in response to risk. This book looks at the tension between the riskiness of mega-events, attributable to their scale and complexities, and the societal, political and organizational pressures that exist for safety, security and management of risk - leading to changes in how the Games are governed"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- PART I: RISK AND MEGA-EVENTS
- Risk and Governing Mega-Events
- The Olympics as a Mega-Event
- PART II: THE OLYMPICS, RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
- Olympic Risks
- Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
- Counting the Costs and Benefits of the Games
- PART III: GOVERNING THE GAMES
- Managing Olympic Risks
- Public Opinion and Reputational Risk
- The Risks of Risk Management
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230300064
- 0230300065
- OCLC:
- 774489585
- Online:
- Cover image
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