Loghman Keshavarz; Abolfazl Farahani; Hamzeh Daneshmandi
Volume 15, Issue 32 , March 2017, , Pages 75-97
Abstract
The purpose of the study was determination of strategic position and disigning strategic plan of Islamic Republic of Iran gymnastics federation. The statistical population of this study included 160 sport management faculty members, managers and experts of sport organizational who were familiar with ...
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The purpose of the study was determination of strategic position and disigning strategic plan of Islamic Republic of Iran gymnastics federation. The statistical population of this study included 160 sport management faculty members, managers and experts of sport organizational who were familiar with gymnastic sport in Iran. 15 elite sport experts were chosen purposfully to qualitative samples. Based on Morgan table, 117 persons were randomly selected to quantitative sample. To achieve the study objectives, the list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the Iran gymnastic federation were provided, and the final list was completed based on Delphi method. Based on the provided list, the researcher-made questionnaire including 96 items was distributed among the subjects. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 15 experts and its reliability was examined in a pilot study with 30 samples by Cronbachs alpha which it was calculated as 0.81. For data analysis, the descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods, including confirmed factor analysis by application of AMOS software and SPSS software were used. Also, it was used the Delphi method at the qualitative section. The findings showed that there are 14 strategies in devevpoing Iran gemnastics federation. The strategic position of Iran gymnastic federation is located in defensive position.
