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dc.contributor.authorFrawley, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorToohey, Kristine
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:59:05Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:59:05Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-07-30T07:17:36Z
dc.identifier.issn17430437
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17430430903053208
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30184
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates how the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) was involved in the formation of the Sports Commission (SSC) within the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) and as a critical contributor to the staging of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Using a figurational sociological framework, the intended and unintended consequences of the AOC's strategic and operational involvement are explored. The case shows how important early negotiations were in the case of the Sydney Olympics, when the host governments and Olympic Organising Committees were inexperienced in Olympic negotiations and distracted by the euphoria of securing the games. This left the more knowledgeable Olympic organisation, the AOC, well placed to leverage its prior experience and extensive Olympic figurations, in order to gain a strategic advantage over the other Australian Olympic stakeholders. The research makes a contribution to Olympic studies, specifically in relation to the role of the host National Olympic Committee (NOC) in the organising of an Olympic Games. Furthermore, the research findings have management implications for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and future host NOC's, particularly in relation to the structuring of Olympic Organising Committee governance arrangements.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom947
dc.relation.ispartofpageto966
dc.relation.ispartofissue7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSport in Society
dc.relation.ispartofvolume12
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommercial services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode359999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.titleThe importance of prior knowledge: the Australian Olympic Committee and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorToohey, Kristine M.


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