Managing Major Sports Events, 2nd Edition

Chapter 10

Culture in-house, outside, and all around

Objectives

• To understand the different layers of culture found in major sports events;
• To understand the layers of culture in an organising committee and when they develop and interact;
• To understand how culture impacts major sports event planning.

Illustrative case: different cultures, different ways of organising events

When you work for a major sports event, you encounter different cultures. But if you are a Games Gypsy, you will also have to work in different cultures. And you will soon find that different cultures have different ways of preparing events.

For instance, Anglo-Saxon countries (e.g. Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States) are quite focused on ...