Sociology of sports and sociology of management in the context of humanistic social changes

In the multifaceted diversity of the contemporary society, since the 1960s the terms ‘sport’ and ‘management’ have become increasingly used. However, these phenomena have not been studied and conceptualized in the terms of the civilizational changes that took place. The article considers the use of the ideas accumulated in the specific branches of sociology and related to the construction and development of sports groups and other questions in order to ensure a humanistic orientation of the social changes in the context of the development of a new civilization of ‘knowledge and progress’.