TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jennings,William J.
TI  - Olympic risks
T2  - Executive politics and governance
SN  - 9780230300064
U1  - 796.48068 JEN 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Olympics
KW  - Management
KW  - Sports administration
KW  - Risk management
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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--
ER  -