Metodický manuál pro efektivní řízení složek komisí sportovců

This final thesis of the Sports Diplomacy Studies with the title "A Methodological Manual for Effective Management of Athletes' Commissions" deals with the issue of management of athletes' commissions as a component of the organisational structure of sports movements. The athletes' commission represents athletes within a particular sports organisation, provides them with support, protects their rights, and defends their interests in relation to the sports organisation. The voice of the athletes is represented at all levels of the pyramid structure of sport, and the mission of athletes' commissions is to make their voice heard. Their role is key to creating a community of athletes and ensuring a fair and clean environment for sport. However, athletes' commissions do not have a prescribed manual for the management of this component, and therefore, their functioning varies from sports organisation to sports organisation. Athletes' commissions differ in terms of statutory and organisational backgrounds, form of communication, and project activities. All activities should be based on a well-defined mission and long-term goals. If the athletes' commission does not work with a strategic plan, its activities and leadership may not be effective. For this reason, it is necessary to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of selected athletes' commissions, based on which it is possible to formulate recommendations and provide a methodological manual for the effective management of the components of athletes' commissions to the responsible leaders of athletes' commissions and sports organisations so that they can easily implement it.