Woman in Development & Politics

Current Issue

By Issue

By Author

By Subject

Author Index

Keyword Index

About Journal

Aims and Scope

Editorial Board

Publication Ethics

Indexing and Abstracting

Related Links

FAQ

Peer Review Process

contact us

News

Paper Preparation Guide

Terms and conditions of submitting an article

Journal Forms

Designing a Strategic Plan for the Championship Sport Development of Women in North Khorasan Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran.

2 Sport Management PhD, Department of Sport Management & Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

This study aimed to design a strategic plan for championship women's sports development in North Khorasan province. The present study was applied in terms of descriptive-survey research method in terms of purpose and mixed (quantitative and qualitative) in terms of data collection. The statistical population in the qualitative and quantitative part included the managers, deputies and experts (general sports and youth department of North Khorasan province, sports and youth department of Bojnord city, sports association of the province and sports clubs of the province) university professors in sport sciences of the province, championship sports coaches and female champion athletes of North Khorasan province. The statistical sample consisted of 14 members in the qualitative section and 23 members in the quantitative section. The sampling method in the qualitative and quantitative sections was purposeful. To collect data, a semi-guided exploratory interview method and a questionnaire were developed to obtain strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and to prioritize the developed strategies and statistical analysis from a framework called the Model Strategy Development Framework, SWOT-ANP model used. The results showed that the championship sport of the province women has 9 strengths, 16 weaknesses, 11 opportunities and 13 threats and a total of 17 strategies; competitive strategy was dominated strategy in this research.The most important strategy in the development of championship sports for the women of North Khorasan province is developing guidance and support programs for the development of women athletes from beginner to advanced, and it is suggested that the officials and custodians of sports in the province should pay special attention to the strategies obtained from this research.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References
Abdi, M. (2011). Pathology of women's sports and providing solutions. Expert reports (Islamic Council Research Center). Office of Cultural Studies, 1-29. (In Persian)
Andam, R., Aghaee, A. A., Anbarian, M., & Parsajoo, A. (2016). Strategic Analysis of Women’s championship sports of Hamedan province with SWOT Technique. Contemporary Studies On Sport Management, 6(12), 1-16. https://doi.org/ 10.22084/smms.2017.5659.1586 (In Persian)
Askarian, F., & Raahbar, M. (2021). Sport Development Model in Iran with an Emphasis on the Stakeholders, Practices and Processes. Sport Management Journal, 13(1), 315-339. https://doi.org/ 10.22059/jsm.2020.291842.2354 (In Persian)
Bramham, P., Hylton, K., & Jackson, D. (2007). Sports development: Policy, process and practice. Routledge.
De Grace, L. A., Knight, C. J., Rodgers, W. M., & Clark, A. M. (2017). Exploring the role of sport in the development of substance addiction. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 28, 46-57.
Ghasemi, H., Tojari, F., Keshkar, S. (2010). Media activities in sport. Bamdad Ketab publication, Tehran. (In Persian)
Ghodsipour, H. (2016). Hierarchical analysis process. Amirkabir University of Technology publication, 222. (In Persian)
Ghofrani, M. (2008). Designing and developing a strategy for the development of championship and sport for all in Sistan and Baluchistan province. PhD dissertation. University of Tehran. (In Persian)
Green, M. (2005). Integrating macro-and meso-level approaches: A comparative analysis of elite sport development in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. European Sport Management Quartely, 5(2), 143-166.
Green, M., & Houlihan, B. (2005). Elite sport development: Policy learning and political priorities. Routledge.
Hekmati, M., Dinani, M. M., & Hosseini, R. N. S. (2020). Designing a model for development of women sports with an emphasis on sports as a social phenomenon: What do we need?. Journal of Human Sport & Exercise, 17(1), 105-115.
Hoseini Keshtan, M. (2021). Identifying factors affecting the growth and development of sport for all among women in North Khorasan province. Provincial project, Sports and Youth General Directorate of North Khorasan Province. (In Persian)
Joodaki, M., & Hasanpour, H. (2018). Identifying and ranking effective factors on increasing employee productivity using the Network Analysis Process (ANP) technique (Case study: Iran’s National Standard Organization). Quarterly of Standard and Quality Management, 8(29), 38-65. (In Persian)
Kenttä, G., Bentzen, M., Dieffenbach, K., & Olusoga, P. (2020). Challenges experienced by women high-performance coaches: Sustainability in the profession. International Sport Coaching Journal, 7(2), 200-208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2019-0029
Khatibi, A., Heydarinejad, S., Shetab Booshehri, S. N., & Hashemi, E. (2020). The Obstacles and Solutions for the Development of Women's Sports Financial Resources in Iran. Sport Management Studies, 12(63), 89-112. https://doi.org/ 10.22089/smrj.2020.8249.2827 (In Persian)
Lyle, J. W. (1997). Managing excellence in sports performance. Career Development International, 2(7), 314-323.
Maleki, M., Mohaghar, F., & Karimi Dastjerdi, D. (2010). Using the Analytic Network Process (ANP) in SWOT for determining and evaluating the organizational strategies. Organizational Culture Management, 8(21), 175-159. (In Persian)
Maleki, Z., Ramezaninezhad, R., & Mallaei, M. (2023). The Survey the External Environmental Factors Affecting the Development of Women's Championship Sport. Research on Educational Sport, 10(28), 17-40. https://doi.org/ 10.22089/res.2020.8436.1803 (In Persian)
Mehregan, M. (2004). Advanced operational research (1st Ed.). Tehran: Ketab Daneshgahi. (In Persian)
Mirshekaran, Z., Bahrololoum, H., & Haseli, Gh. (2018). Identifying factors affecting the development of women's championship sports in Fars province. The second national conference of sports science and health achievements in Ahvaz, Ahvaz. (In Persian)
Naderi, A., Shahbazi, M., & Akbari, E. (2014). Anthropological analysis of women's sports: a study on sports activities in women's parks in Tehran. Iranian Journal of Anthropological Research, 4(2), 51-68. https://doi.org/10.22059/ijar.2014.55495 (In Persian)
Nazari Azad, M., Talebpour, A., & Kashani, M. (2021). The Perspective of Female National Hero Athlete about Gender Inequality in Sport. Sociological Studies, 13(49), 181-205. https://doi.org/ 10.30495/jss.2020.1909576.1238 (In Persian)
Okholm Kryger, K., Thomson, A., Tang, A., Brown, N., Bruinvels, G., Rosenbloom, C., ... & Mehta, R. (2022). Ten questions in sports engineering: technology in elite women’s football. Sports Engineering, 25(1), 25. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s12283-022-00384-3
Physical Education Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (2003). Strategic document of the comprehensive system of development of physical education and sports in Iran, Rad Samaneh corporation. (In Persian)
Ramezaninezhad, R., Hozhabri, K., Eidi, H., Reihani, M., & Asgari, B. (2015). Elite sports management (experiences of successful countries). Shomal Paydar publication, Amol. (In Persian)
Rasekh, N., Sajjadi, S. N., Hamidi, M., & Khabiri, M. (2015). The Design of a Strategic Plan for Iran Female Championships. Sport Management Journal, 7(3), 309-334. https://doi.org/ 10.22059/jsm.2015.55358 (In Persian)
Saavedra, M., & Martha, B. (2005). Women, sport and development. International Platform on Sport and Development, 4(2), 225-253.
Sherry, E., Osborne, A., & Nicholson, M. (2016). Images of sports women: A review. Sex Roles, 74, 299-309.
Slack, T., & Hinings, B. (1994). Strategic planning for nonprofit sport organizations: Empirical verification of a framework. Journal of sport management, 8(3), 218-233.
Sotiriadou, K., Shilbury, D., & Quick, S. (2008). The attraction, retention/transition, and nurturing process of sport development: Some Australian evidence. Journal of Sport Management, 22(3), 247-272.
Taleghani, M., Some'e, Z. H., & Mohajeri, A. (2022). Pathology of Iranian Women's Championship Sports in the 1990s through Dominant Discourse Analysis. Quarterly Journal of Women and Society Summer, 13(50). https://doi.org/ 10.30495/jzvj.2022.28496.3614  (In Persian)
Thomson, A., Hayes, M., Hanlon, C., Toohey, K., & Taylor, T. (2023). Women’s professional sport leagues: a systematic review and future directions for research. Sport Management Review, 26(1), 48-71. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/14413523.2022.2066391
Valenti, M., Scelles, N., & Morrow, S. (2020). Elite sport policies and international sporting success: a panel data analysis of European women’s national football team performance. European sport management quarterly, 20(3), 300-320.
Woman in Development & Politics
Volume 21, Issue 4
December 2023
Pages 1059-1086
Files
Share
How to cite
Statistics