rahim ramzaninejad; shahram shafiee; hesham rostami
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Objective: The present study intended to strategically assess the football of Guilan province based on SWOT analysis and also to plan a suitable strategy. Methodology: This research is descriptive-analytical and functional. The statistical population of study included all Guilan province football ...
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Objective: The present study intended to strategically assess the football of Guilan province based on SWOT analysis and also to plan a suitable strategy. Methodology: This research is descriptive-analytical and functional. The statistical population of study included all Guilan province football experts, and the sample was selected out of managers, experts of organizations, schools' and universities' sport educators, and veteran players and coaches (n=50). The authors have developed a questionnaire, as an instrument, based on exploratory study and rewriting similar foundations and studies. Validity of this instrument was confirmed by experts (content validity). The reliability of the instrument was also proved as suitable (=α0.95). To analyze the data and the suitable strategies, Friedman test, Weighting Method, and external and internal factors evaluation matrix were utilized. Results: Desirability of information technology, undesirability of the quality of football pitch, policy of privatization of clubs, and tendency of people toward inactive life style were identified respectively as the most important strong point, weak point, opportunity, and threat. According to internal factors matrix (2.38) and external factors matrix (2.49), the strategic condition of Guilan province football is in WT region. Discussion: According to results of SWOT analysis matrix, it is necessary to employ Stability Strategy or Defensive Strategy in managing football development in Guilan province.
Shahram Shafiee; Hesham Rostami; Hossein Mamashloo; Samaneh Deh Panah
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Objective: The purpose of this study was the strategic analysis of Golestan province’s football and formulation of suitable strategies. Methodology: This descriptive-analytical research has been conducted with an applied purpose. The statistical population included all Golestan province’s ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was the strategic analysis of Golestan province’s football and formulation of suitable strategies. Methodology: This descriptive-analytical research has been conducted with an applied purpose. The statistical population included all Golestan province’s football experts. Through purposive sampling, the sample was selected out of managers, experts of organizations and boards, school and university sport educators, and veteran players, coaches and referees (n=50). The research tool included Rostami et al.’s questionnaire (2014) whose (content) validity was confirmed by experts. The instrument was reported with high reliability (=α0.95). To analyze data and find the suitable strategies, the external and internal factors evaluation matrix were used. Results: The good number of football schools in the province, undesirable quality of football fields, plenty of talented people, and the changed life style towards the lack of physical activity and machine life were identified as the most important strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat respectively. Additionally, according to the matrix of internal factors (2.32) and matrix of external factors (1.92), the strategic position of Golestan province’s football is the WT strategy. Conclusion: According to the results of SWOT analysis matrix, it is necessary to employ stability strategy or defensive strategy in managing football development in Golestan province. Therefore, the strategies to make comprehensive privatization system, make and implement of comprehensive recruiting system, train and develop specialist, increase financial resources and credit of football board, help to develop football without corruption have been identified and proposed to remove current condition of football in Golestan province.
Morteza Rezaei Soufi; Abbas Shabani
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the athletic sports in Iran by SWOT analysis. Methodology: The research method was descriptive-analytical. In terms of the purpose, it was an applied study. Data collection included library research, Delphi method and finally a structured questionnaire. ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the athletic sports in Iran by SWOT analysis. Methodology: The research method was descriptive-analytical. In terms of the purpose, it was an applied study. Data collection included library research, Delphi method and finally a structured questionnaire. Using Cronbach's alpha, the reliability value of the questionnaire was 0.96. The statistical population consisted of staff managers and operational managers of the ministry of youth affairs and sports, managers and executive board of national Olympic committee, managers of national Olympic Academy and Paralympics, heads of federations, experts of national Olympic committee, and informant faculty members of physical education. In this study, the sample size was determined equivalent to the research population size. Out of 302 distributed questionnaires, the 238 questionnaires were filled in (79 percent). For data analysis, descriptive statistics and inferential tests including the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, one sample t-test and Friedman's analysis of variance were applied. Results: The results showed that championship sport in Iran was in defensive strategy position (WT). The most advantageous point of championship sport in Iran is the existence of potential talents in some individual sports, while the main drawback is the lack of attention to school sports as the basis of championship sport and lack of talent identification. The most important opportunities of championship sport are that the population is young; whereas the most important threats lay in inappropriate administrative management system for sports in the country. Conclusion: Thus, according to the defensive position of national athletic sports, the practitioners are recommended to use strategies to reduce losses resulting from threats and weaknesses in this domain.
