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The role of the board in building strategic capability: towards an integrated model of sport governance research
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posted on 2005-11-01, 00:00 authored by Lesley Ferkins, David ShilburyDavid Shilbury, Gael McDonaldGovernance is a critical issue confronting sport organisations. Its importance in the management of sport organisations has been heightened due to the transition of many sports from predominantly volunteer administered organisations anchored in an amateur ethos, to professionally managed entities catering to a more sophisticated sport marketplace. This paper identifies four elements from the sport governance literature as the key research foci to date: shared leadership, board motivation, board roles, and board structure. Four generic themes (performance, conformance, policy and operations) are also examined and expressed as governance capabilities. The strategic role and performance of the board, while central to the practice of governance, is shown to be a weakness in many sport organisations. Further, the strategic role of the board is underdeveloped in the sport management and governance research literature. Finally, it is noted that the governance literature is shaped by a normative and prescriptive approach that may not fully encompass the diversity that exists within the sport setting. The paper concludes by identifying and affirming the critical gaps in our knowledge of sport governance. Future work should seek to understand sector-specific considerations, such as non-profit and commercial differences in sport; governance designs in response to changing environmental conditions; the impact of the CEO on the board's strategic contributions; and strategic activity by the board. More use of qualitative research methods to probe such issues is recommended
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Sport management reviewVolume
8Issue
3Pagination
195 - 225Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Kidlington, EnglandPublisher DOI
ISSN
1441-3523eISSN
1839-2083Language
engNotes
Available online 26 July 2008.Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2005, Sport Management Association of Australia and New ZealandUsage metrics
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