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Dr Mark de Rond is an author, researcher and ethnographer. De Rond's published works include ''Strategic Alliances'', ''There is An I in Team'' and ''The Last Amateurs''. He is a Darwin College Fellow and a lecturer and associate professor at Cambridge University. De Rond describes his work as "Ethnography is the written account of fieldwork – closely tied to social anthropology. It is an old fashioned attempt at trying to understand teams by living with them under similar conditions."〔(University Of Cambridge: Research )〕 ==Books== 'There is An I in Team''〔(Google Books, 'There is An I in Team' )〕 studied the reasons behind the success of high performing elite athletes and world-class sports teams, featuring de Rond's interviews with players and sports coaches from around the world. ''The Last Amateurs: To Hell and Back with the Cambridge Boat Race Crew'' (foreword by Sir Steve Redgrave) is de Rond's first-hand account of living for a year with the Cambridge boat race team as they prepare for their annual sporting rivalry with Oxford University in the famous Boat Race.〔(Amazon 'The Last Amateurs book data )〕 Noted as being as 'the first ever ethnographical study of one of the most famous rowing clubs in the world'〔(Cambridge News review )〕 and described as "de Rond's intense and deeply personal account of freezing early-morning training sessions, booze-fueled crews; the tenderness of camaraderie, the pain of self-doubt, and the tantrums and testosterone of crew members, each set on becoming a Cambridge Blue".〔(Book data WHSmiths )〕 It was favourably reviewed by ''The Times("Sports journalism of the highest order", Patrick Kidd, The Times, August 2008),〔(Cambridge University – 'The Last Amateurs' )〕〔(The Times – Arts & Books )〕 ''The Guardian''〔(The Guardian – review )〕 and was named by ''The Financial Times'' in their 'Best Business Books of 2008' and by the BBC in their 'Best Sporting Reads of 2008'.〔(BBC Sport – review )〕 ''Strategic Alliances as Social Facts'' de Rond's account, based on three in-depth case studies, emphasises the social dimension and the importance of the individuals involved inside business alliances.〔(Google Books, 'Strategic Alliances as Social Facts' )〕 For ''Strategic Alliances'', de Rond became in 2005 the then youngest ever recipient of the George R. Terry Book Award from the Academy of Management.〔(University Of Cambridge; news and Multimedia )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark de Rond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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