The Formulation of a Model based on Strategic Thinking of Human Resource Management in Iranian Sports

Subject Areas : Ecological studies in sports

Samane Samimi ¹ , Rasool Nazari ² , Saeid Tabesh ³ , Mohammad Ali Nadi ⁴

1 - Department of sport management, sport science faculty, isfahan (khorasghan) branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Department of sport management, sport science faculty, isfahan (khorasghan) branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Mazandaran University. Babolsar. Iran.
4 - Departmrnt of Educational Management, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan. Iran.

Received: 2022-12-14 Accepted : 2023-01-29 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: Human Resources, Strategic Intelligence, Sports organizations, Management, Strategic Thinking,

Abstract :

Objective: The purpose of the research is to develop a model of intelligence and strategic thinking for the management of human resources in Iranian sports.Methodology: The characteristics of the current research in terms of methodology include the orientation of the research to the fundamental method; Qualitative research method; philosophy of research, interpretation; The research strategy is based on data theory method and the research approach is based on inductive method and finally the goal of exploratory research. The methods of snowball sampling and theoretical saturation index were used for sampling from the research community who were professors and experts in sports management. Interviews with experts and experts were considered as the starting point of the data collection process of this research. The people to be interviewed included 15 people who were selected in a theoretical manner. By selective coding by integrating the categories discovered from all the interviewees, he identified the main and sub-categories.Results : The results show that 179 initial conceptual propositions were obtained in these codings. According to the results of research among different organizational factors, organizational culture can play a vital role in limiting or persuading; Leaders who play important roles in relation to culture and strategic thinking process. Finally, after analyzing all the categories related to thinking and intelligence, we reached the model. Mobin shows the relationships between the main components and components resulting from the central coding about the thinking and intelligence of human resource management in Iranian sports. The categories extracted from the components formed the paradigm model. The conceptual model in this research shows the intelligence and strategic thinking model of human resource management in Iranian sports, which is based on the findings of this research.Conclusion: Strategic planning alone cannot help managers in advancing their goals. Since strategic planning is based on past information, it will not be effective in the long term and due to the rapid changes in the external environment. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the strategy to guess the future of the business and plan for it. Senior management is not omnipotent in formulating a strategy and other factors are also effective. Formulation of strategy requires full understanding of business elements. Modern strategy leaves us in a dilemma. Strategy responds to needs and frees us from crisis. However, the role of management becomes particularly important when the environment is complex, unstable and ambiguous. May it be this manager who, with his tact, will lead the organization through the mysterious and foggy atmosphere of the crisis and bring it to its destination. The learning organization helps us in planning to promote people's innovation and their ability to deal with unpredictable situations, to promote innovators, people and their ability to deal with unpredictable situations, and educational planning to achieve the above goals. It will not be very difficult, but it needs to be careful. Learning should be a part of the daily schedule of the employees. Suggested that organizations pay more attention to employees through increasing motivation and raising the level of awareness and knowledge of employees in order to increase the information of employees in the field of intelligence and strategic thinking. Also, to differentiate their organizational position from competitors and create superiority over them.

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