Farzad Nobakht; Ali Hemmati afif; Hassan Ghareh khani; Fatemeh Nobakht
Volume 17, Issue 39 , June 2018, , Pages 201-214
Abstract
The success of any sports organization requires strategic planning and providing the right strategies.The study is to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threatens, determining the strategic position and formulating the strategiesfor Development of Tehran Province Volleyball Board.
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The success of any sports organization requires strategic planning and providing the right strategies.The study is to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threatens, determining the strategic position and formulating the strategiesfor Development of Tehran Province Volleyball Board.
The population consisted of the board of directors, the entire staff of the volleyball board, the heads of the committees and boards of the subsidiary cities, the coaches and experts, the members of the Strategic Council and elite sports and volleyball management in Tehran province that all of them (50 persons) have been selected as samples. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used in this research. In order to collect information in a field, in addition to holding meetings and interviewing members of the Strategic Council, the Swot Identification Questionnaire, open source questionnaire, strategic positioning form, and strategy form were used.
The face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 17 professors in sport management and members of the Strategic Council and its reliability was higher than 0/8. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, one-sample t-test and Friedman test, internal and external factors evaluation matrix and strategic positioning matrix were used.
The findings showed that the volleyball board of Tehran province has 12 strength points, 12 weaknesses, 13 points of opportunity and 14 threat points. The presence of coaches and referees at the national and international levels as the most important strength, lack of financial resources and affiliation with the federation as the most important weaknesses, the high statistical community in the province as the most important opportunity and lack of supportive laws and weaknesses in attracting sponsors as the most important threats were known. According to the results of internal matrix (2/71) and external matrix (2/31), strategic position of volleyball board of Tehran province is located in competitive region (ST). Therefore, it is recommended to use its strengths, including the presence of coaches, referees and first level instructors, coaching classes and abundance of volunteers to maximize their use to overcome existing threats. An operational plan has been developed focusing on attracting sponsors, supplying equipment, the requirements of subsidiary boards and the production and distribution of volleyball training programs are among the most important strategies.
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.
