Investigating the outsourcing status of sports facilities in Semnan using geographic information system

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bahador  shirincheshmeh ¹ (Department Sports Management, Amol Branch, Islamic Azad University,Amol, Iran)
mohmmad  sanaie ² (Assistant Professor Department Sports Management, chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University,chalous, Iran)
farshad  emami ³ (Assistant Professor Department Sports Management, Amol Branch, Islamic Azad University,Amol, Iran)

Received: 2022-08-05 Accepted : 2022-10-06 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Geographic Information System, Sports Facilities, outsourcing, Semnan city,

Abstract :

Outsourcing, as one of the tools for developing organizations and improving productivity in the form of downsizing, has attracted the attention of managers and officials of organizations and has been implemented in different ways. Geographic information. The current research is a mixed qualitative and quantitative type. It is descriptive-correlation in terms of type and applied in terms of purpose, which was conducted in the form of a survey. In the qualitative part, geographic information system (GIS) software was used to map the distribution of sports places. In the qualitative part, the statistical population is 30 sports complexes (indoor and outdoor) from the sports places of Semnan city. Also, to check the relationships between the research variables, 224 people voluntarily answered the researcher-made questionnaire, whose validity and reliability had already been checked. Structural modeling and measurement of multiple relationships between variables (smart pls software) were used to investigate and determine the extent of relationships between variables. The results of the survey showed that the distribution of sports spaces in the north and center of Semnan city is more than other parts, the per capita sports space of Semnan city in Semnan province ranks first and the area of sports spaces ranks second after Shahroud. Taekwondo, football and gymnastics are the sports priorities in Semnan city, and in total, the relationships between the variables showed that causal conditions and background conditions are effective on the outsourcing of sports facilities. It is suggested to the trustees of sports organizations to prevent parallel work with an inter-organizational division of work, so that in this way, sports organizations in a dynamic, complex and fast world can outsource sports venues to experienced people. to prevent the negative results of outsourcing and on the other hand to cause better financial performance of outsourcing.