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name: Sport development - plan, programme and practice : a case study of the planned intervention by New Zealand cricket into cricket in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Management, College of Business, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
description: Sport development is a highly contested, multifaceted concept that means different things to different people depending upon their perspective, involvement, objectives and outcomes. These differences in meaning of sport development are considered and a continuum of interpretations of the concept proposed. One of the interpretations identified, the ‘development of sport’, provides the conceptual framework for this research. The 'development of sport' refers to the efforts of sporting organisations to remain contemporary and ensure their future sustainability by creating and maintaining a range of appealing, relevant, accessible and affordable sporting opportunities and experiences that attract and retain participants. The 'development of sport' has usually been an organic, small‐scale, ‘bottom‐up’ process driven by proactive regions, clubs or schools. In the last two decades in New Zealand (NZ), however, many traditional sports have come under pressure from a variety of social, economic and political sources that have impacted on their participation levels. This has prompted large scale, ‘top‐down’, planned interventions by a number of National Sport Organisations (NSOs), which have had the leadership, vision, capability, capacity and financial resources, to grow and sustain their participation by influencing the range and quality of programmes being provided at a community level in clubs and schools. Such interventions reflect the adoption of a more holistic approach by NSOs to their sports, and with it a change in emphasis away from just high performance to increasingly recognise the importance of community sport foundations. This has occurred not just to identify and select more individuals with the potential to progress to an elite level, but also to encourage the lifelong involvement in, and consumption of, their sport by the majority of participants. It has required NSOs to affect a major change management process down through their sporting organisations. This…
abstract: Sport development is a highly contested, multifaceted concept that means different things to different people depending upon their perspective, involvement, objectives and outcomes. These differences in meaning of sport development are considered and a continuum of interpretations of the concept proposed. One of the interpretations identified, the ‘development of sport’, provides the conceptual framework for this research. The 'development of sport' refers to the efforts of sporting organisations to remain contemporary and ensure their future sustainability by creating and maintaining a range of appealing, relevant, accessible and affordable sporting opportunities and experiences that attract and retain participants. The 'development of sport' has usually been an organic, small‐scale, ‘bottom‐up’ process driven by proactive regions, clubs or schools. In the last two decades in New Zealand (NZ), however, many traditional sports have come under pressure from a variety of social, economic and political sources that have impacted on their participation levels. This has prompted large scale, ‘top‐down’, planned interventions by a number of National Sport Organisations (NSOs), which have had the leadership, vision, capability, capacity and financial resources, to grow and sustain their participation by influencing the range and quality of programmes being provided at a community level in clubs and schools. Such interventions reflect the adoption of a more holistic approach by NSOs to their sports, and with it a change in emphasis away from just high performance to increasingly recognise the importance of community sport foundations. This has occurred not just to identify and select more individuals with the potential to progress to an elite level, but also to encourage the lifelong involvement in, and consumption of, their sport by the majority of participants. It has required NSOs to affect a major change management process down through their sporting organisations. This…
author: Astle, Alec Morrison
keywords: Sport development, Cricket, New Zealand, Sport management, Sports administration, New Zealand, Sport foundations
date published: 2014
date modified: 2026-07-27T20:18:23Z
provider: Massey University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Massey University