Majid Varmaghani; GholamReza Shabanibahar; Masoumeh majidi parast; Nasrollah Erfani
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of strategic orientation and organizational innovation on entrepreneurial trend of Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. The present research method is correlation, which has been done with the structural equation modeling approach. The statistical ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of strategic orientation and organizational innovation on entrepreneurial trend of Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. The present research method is correlation, which has been done with the structural equation modeling approach. The statistical population of this study was all 890 employees (569 men, 321 women) of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. Using the simple random sampling method, 490 individuals were selected as sample. Three standard questionnaires were used for data collection: strategic orientations of Morgan and Strong (2003), organizational innovation questionnaire of Nauschen et al (2011)and Morgan and Hughes entrepreneurial orientation questionnaire (2007).The structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. The results showed that strategic orientation and organizational innovation have significant effect on entrepreneurial trend. AMOS software outputs indicated the suitability of the structural model (GFI = 0.94, TLI = 0.90, PNFI = 0.54, CFI = 0.92, and RMSEA = 0.078, respectively). Fitted the structural model). Based on the results of the research, it can be acknowledged that organizations that adopt strategic direction and organizational innovation can better discover, create, evaluate and use the opportunities of attractive entrepreneurs, which ultimately leads the Ministry of Entrepreneurship. Sports and youth and other sports organizations are able to effectively and efficiently create and renew competitive advantage. Also in sports organizations, like other organizations, it is possible to use strategic orientation processes to create higher value for managers and customers of the organization.
