Olympic Event Organization is the first text to address a number of important questions in contemporary mega-event management: - Which organizations are involved in the Olympic Movement and in what capacity? - What are the interorganizational flows of authority and finance between them? - How is work grouped, in what unit sizes, how specialized and formalized are work processes? - How complex, dynamic, diversified, or friendly is their environment? - What are the power issues and how do the technological processes affect these organizations? - How do the OCOGs evolve in their life cycle, what pressures shape their structures and management processes and how is work co-ordinated? The examination of the Olympic Games event organization in the 10-year period, from bidding to post-games closing down, draws material from host cities to explore the types of interorganizational flows that take place at various stages for the Olympic Games to...
