چکیده:
The aim of this study is to assess the status of strategic thinking among directors of private sport clubs in Shiraz city based on Goldman model. The methodology used here is descriptive-analytic and data are collected through literature studies and survey. The target population of the study included all private sport clubs offering more than three types of sports (90 clubs) and the sampling method was census. We used a standard strategic thinking questionnaire, which was based on Goldman's model (2005). After confirming the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, it was distributed among the study population (p≤0. 05). After collecting the data, descriptive and inferential statistics including single-sample t-test and Friedman test, were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the managers at the sports clubs in Shiraz are strategic thinkers although some of the components of the strategic thinking model is more common to the managers than others.
خلاصه ماشینی:
-2016 Abstract The aim of this study is to assess the status of strategic thinking among directors of private sport clubs in Shiraz city based on Goldman model.
Keywords: strategic thinking, sport club, Goldman model, Shiraz Introduction Today, with the increasing complexity and rapid changes in the business environment, proper decision-making methods and attitudes can help managers towards success.
Besides, Monavvarian and Aghazadeh (2012) stated that the components of strategic thinking among Tehran Municipality managers are ranked as systemic thinking, conceptual thinking, intelligent oortunism, and foresight.
Thus, based on the aforementioned, the main purpose of the present study is to measure the degree of strategic thinking and its components among the managers at the private sports clubs in Shiraz using Goldman's model.
Moreover, since the t-value is positive, it is concluded that the component conceptual thinking is alied among the managers at the sports clubs.
Frequency distribution of the components of strategic thinking among managers at the sports clubs in Shiraz.
05 and at the The results of the present study suggest that strategic thinking is a lied relatively well by the sports clubs' managers in Shiraz.
Based on the results of the present study on the four proposed components, it is concluded that the highest use is associated with conceptual thinking, which suggests that club managers have this component more than the others; in other words, they are highly creative and risk-taking.