Social Movements Against Bidding For Sports Mega Events

Evolution of the Modern Sporting Mega Event The modern sporting mega-event (Olympics, World Cup, Commonwealth Games etc.) was motivated by a commitment to educational reform, especially physical education, by the European capitalist and aristocratic elites in order to establish domestic equilibrium among the social classes, and to be prepared physically for future wars. The International Olympic Committee and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) were formed in 1894 and 1904

Asia to host a major international sporting event. Tokyo hosted the Game of the XVII Olympiad, more commonly known as the first Olympics in the continent of Asia in 1964 — and will be hosting it again in the year 2020 (Olympic Movement, n.d.). Japan then could have hosted the sporting event more than two decades earlier but it was cancelled due to its imperialist expansion and subsequently, the Second World War (Collins, 2008). Korea also hosted the event in 1988. But in the advent of the twenty-first

1.0 INTRODUCTION Olympics are mega-global event that attracts the attention worldwide with billions of audience watching on television, while millions flock to events as spectators. The media embraces the opportunity of covering every inch of the games. This kind of interest is what organisers face with no room for error in relation to external attacks or system failures of the event although risks are bound to occur to any project or program as in the case of Olympics. These risks may occur with

Go Up to Table of Contents |   | Go To Chapter 2 (Organizing for Project Management) | The Owners ' Perspective     Introduction     The Project Life Cycle     Major Types of Construction     Selection of Professional Services     Construction Contractors     Financing of Constructed Facilities     Legal and Regulatory Requirements     The Changing Environment of the Construction Industry     The Role of Project Managers     References     Footnotes | | | 1. The Owners ' Perspective

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CHAPTER 1 Changing Nature of Human Resource Management After you have read this chapter, you should be able to: ● Identify four major HR challenges currently facing organizations and managers. List and define each of the seven major categories of HR activities. Identify the three different roles of HR management. Discuss the three dimensions associated with HR management as a strategic business contributor. Explain why HR professionals and operating managers must view HR management as an

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