Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Student in Sports Management, Shamal Nonprofit University, Amol, Iran

2 Professor of Sports Management, Mazandaran University, Mazandaran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management and Media, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor of Sports Management, Shamal Non Profit University, Amol, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to design a management model for the establishment and operation of sports kindergartens in the country using the data theory of the foundation. The research method is analytical, for this purpose qualitative methodology was used. The research strategy was to use the theory arising from the data. The participants in the research were 15 people, including the field of sports management, officials and teachers of sports kindergartens, and the sampling strategy in the qualitative part was targeted and with maximum diversity or heterogeneity. Content analysis of interviews and coding were used to analyze the data. The research tool was open interview and the results were analyzed based on three stages of open, central and selective coding. The findings showed that political factors, economic factors, international factors, environmental factors, marketing factors, intra-organizational factors, education dimension, personal management factors, creativity and innovation, facilities and facilities, technological change, workforce were causal factors. Background factors included human-centered factors, support, macro management factors, support and financial policies, communications, income, and legal factors. Also, the intervening factors were economic problems, political problems, socio-cultural issues, managerial (organizational) weakness, information structure weakness, attitude weakness, professional problems, structural issues and problems, scientific weakness. Supporting strategies, management strategies, structural strategies, professional strategies formed the management model of creating and running sports kindergartens. Social consequences, professional consequences, mental and psychological consequences, economic consequences, sports consequences, employment creation formed the consequences of the present research. Finally, management factors, structural factors, economic factors formed the central phenomena.

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