Afshin Mollaie Sefiddashti; Mehrzad Hamidi; Hossein Rajabi; Mohammad Mahdi Zolfagharzadeh
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Objective:The purpose of this research was to formulate the novel policies, strategies and scenarios based on the preferred foresight of national elite sport development. Methodology: The methodology was foresight focused on analysis method of cross impact and scenario writing. We used expert panel sampling ...
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Objective:The purpose of this research was to formulate the novel policies, strategies and scenarios based on the preferred foresight of national elite sport development. Methodology: The methodology was foresight focused on analysis method of cross impact and scenario writing. We used expert panel sampling which was purposive selection and sample size included 16 experts. Also, MICMAC as a strategic foresight software program has been utilized to analyze the cross impacts. Results: The influential driving forces were extracted from the research background and expert panel. The influence and dependence were identified. Finally, three key driving forces including the stability of tenure of managerial personnel and meritocracy, the national strategy to host mega-events and the government’s attention to women sport were introduced, the scenarios were formulated and the probable futures were described. Conclusion: The founding can open a different vision before managers’ eyes in elite sport. The stability of the tenure of management creates the enough opportunities to conduct plans; the meritocracy in terms of human resources employment makes the executive levers for managers; to host the event leads to develop infrastructure and gain the authorities’ attention to sport; finally, the women’s sport potential must be considered due to the global prominence of women’s sport growth.
Samira Feizi; Mehrzad Hamidi; seyed mohhamad hosein razavi; reza andam
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Objective: One of the main methods of financing and costs by professional sport clubs in the world, is selling tickets, as ticket sales, the lifeblood of any sport organization. Hence, the purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the factors affecting ticketing of Iran’s premier football ...
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Objective: One of the main methods of financing and costs by professional sport clubs in the world, is selling tickets, as ticket sales, the lifeblood of any sport organization. Hence, the purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the factors affecting ticketing of Iran’s premier football league. Methodology: The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the study included all spectators over 18 years old in the Premier League in 2015/16 season. Sample size (n=324) based on factor analysis, 2 to 10-fold of the items was selected. The data collected through a made questionnaire whose face and content validity was confirmed by 15 experts in panel. To calculate reliability Cronbach’s alpha (α= .9) was used. To analyze the data, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used. Results: Based on exploratory factor analysis, 33 items of ticketing in 8 factors “Facility, Cultural - Social, Attractiveness of match, Economic, Managerial, Marketing, Technology and Planning” were classified. Also, based on confirmation model, Cultural - Social factor, Marketing, Technology, Managerial, Economic, Planning, Attractiveness of match and Facility factor had highest impact on the Iran’s Premier League football ticketing respectively. Conclusion: So, clubs and League organization to better selling ticket and increase their income, must be pay more attention to Facility, Cultural - Social, Attractiveness of match, Economic, Managerial, Marketing, Technology and Planning factors.
Seyed Ahmad Nejhad Sajadi; Mehrzad Hamidi; Mohsen Arsalan
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to Identification and Prioritization of perspectives and strategies of the Tehran Municipality Sport Organization using AHP model. Methodology: This study was descriptive and analytical. The statistical population of this study was includes all managers of ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to Identification and Prioritization of perspectives and strategies of the Tehran Municipality Sport Organization using AHP model. Methodology: This study was descriptive and analytical. The statistical population of this study was includes all managers of sports organization in Tehran Municipality and strategic council members of Tehran Municipality Sport Organization (N=145). 60 persons were chosen as the statistical sample. to clarify the direction of research, early indicators of research were extracted Implementation of strategies of the sport municipality organization (1391). In cconclusion on the sample, the indicators were designed. Final questionnaire was given to a statistical sample. And to integrate the views and priorities and weighting criteria and sub-criteria was used AHP model. Results: The results showed that in Prioritization, views and strategies of the sport of Tehran Municipality, The financial perspective and the internal process perspective, the highest and lowest priority, respectively. Conclusion: It seems that the exercise of citizenship should be determined on the horizon financially stand on its own, (As first priority) and in terms of internal perspective is in acceptable conditions and can use with its current inputs fulfill his duties to realize its objectives. (As last priority).
