Pulsating Major Sport Event Organizations: A Framework for Inducting Managerial Personnel

Authors: Hanlon C.¹; Cuskelly G.²

Source: Event Management, Volume 7, Number 4, 2002 , pp. 231-243(13)

Publisher: Cognizant Communication Corporation

Abstract:

In 1990 Toffler coined the term “pulsating organization” to reflect organizations that expand and contract. This term has relevance for major sport event organizations. They generally operate with a small core of personnel for much of the year, expand substantially in the lead up to an event, then afterwards personnel numbers shrink in size. This effect poses substantial challenges in delivering a quality induction process for many major sport event organizations. The first part of this study identifies how these “pulsating organizations,” in light of their special characteristics, have adapted an induction process from “generic” organizations. The second part incorporates semistructured interviews with managers at the Australian Open Tennis Championships and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix to ascertain their induction process before a major sport event. The final part recommends a model to improve the management of induction at these two organizations. On a broader scale, managers of other pulsating major sport event organizations could incorporate this model, when developing, implementing, and evaluating their induction process.

Keywords: Sport event organizations; Managerial induction; P

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: *Victoria University, Australia 2: †Griffith University, Australia

Publication date: 2002-01-01

• Event Management, an International Journal, intends to meet the research and analytic needs of a rapidly growing profession focused on events. This field has developed in size and impact globally to become a major business with numerous dedicated facilities, and a large-scale generator of tourism. The field encompasses meetings, conventions, festivals, expositions, sport and other special events. Event management is also of considerable importance to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations in a pursuit of a variety of goals, including fund-raising, the fostering of causes, and community development.

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