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A Career with Meaning: Recreation, Parks, Sport Management, Hospitality, and Tourism
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Stevens, Cheryl A.; Murphy, James F.; Allen, Lawrence R.; Sheffield, Emilyn A. – Sagamore Publishing LLC, 2010
"A Career with Meaning" is a tailor made journey that enables individuals to match their core beliefs and values with numerous professional opportunities within the leisure industry. Leading experts provide detailed discussion and insight for 11 primary areas related to recreation, parks, sport management, hospitality and tourism. Once you have…
Descriptors: Hospitality Occupations, Tourism, Recreation, Career Planning
Incorporating an Outcome Orientation into the Curriculum.
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Hurtes, Karen P.; Allen, Lawrence R. – SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2001
In the 1990s, the National Recreation and Park Association launched the Benefits Movement, which is based on benefits-based programming, benefits-based management, and benefits-based awareness. This paper provides park and recreation educators with an overview of the Benefits Movement, exploring its utility as a means through which academia can…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Outcome Based Education, Parks
Performance Measurement: It's a Benefit!
Zimmerman, Jo An; Cooper, Nelson; Allen, Lawrence R. – Parks & Recreation, 2001
Presents a historical perspective of performance measurement, describing types of performance measures, and examining their use in municipal parks and recreation agencies, noting that more and more parks and recreation agencies are developing performance measurement plans for all divisions and units. The benefits movement (specifically, benefits…
Descriptors: Accountability, Parks, Performance Based Assessment, Program Effectiveness