Sport Sciences Research Institute Sport Management Studies 2538-3213 11 58 2020 01 21 Study of Factors Affecting the Capacity Building of Organizations in Response to Social Responsibility of Three-Branch Theory Study of Factors Affecting the Capacity Building of Organizations in Response to Social Responsibility of Three-Branch Theory 201 218 1921 10.22089/smrj.2019.7803.2701 FA Hadi Vatan Khah Ph.D. Student of Sport Management, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood Branch, Shahrood, Iran Ali Fahimi Nezhad Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Islamic Azad University, Shahroud Branch, Shahrood, Iran Seyed Mostafa Tayebi Sani Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Islamic Azad University, Shahroud Branch, Shahrood, Iran Journal Article 2019 08 26 The purpose of this study was to study the factors affecting the improvement of sports organizations' capacity to respond to social responsibility using the tricyclic theory. This research is a descriptive-analytical research that was conducted in the field. The statistical population of the present study included managers of Khorasan Razavi sport organizations including managers of the Department of Education, Physical Education and Health of the Education Organization, managers of the Sports and Youth Organization of the Khorasan Razavi Province, as well as some experts in the field of social responsibility in the province. They were Khorasan Razavi. According to snowball method, 19 individuals were identified as the sample. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with 15 questions. The validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by eight university professors. The reliability of this questionnaire was also 0.86. The TOPSIS method was used to select the ranking of these factors. All data analysis was performed using BT TopSis SoLver software. The results showed that creating an index for evaluating organizations in the field of social responsibility with a coefficient of closeness of 0.9847 was identified as the most important factor affecting the improvement of the capacity of sports organizations to respond to social responsibility. Generally formulating and setting standards and benchmarks in sports organizations for evaluating and evaluating their programs and activities regarding social responsibility is understood as an important issue. The purpose of this study was to study the factors affecting the improvement of sports organizations' capacity to respond to social responsibility using the tricyclic theory. This research is a descriptive-analytical research that was conducted in the field. The statistical population of the present study included managers of Khorasan Razavi sport organizations including managers of the Department of Education, Physical Education and Health of the Education Organization, managers of the Sports and Youth Organization of the Khorasan Razavi Province, as well as some experts in the field of social responsibility in the province. They were Khorasan Razavi. According to snowball method, 19 individuals were identified as the sample. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with 15 questions. The validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by eight university professors. The reliability of this questionnaire was also 0.86. The TOPSIS method was used to select the ranking of these factors. All data analysis was performed using BT TopSis SoLver software. The results showed that creating an index for evaluating organizations in the field of social responsibility with a coefficient of closeness of 0.9847 was identified as the most important factor affecting the improvement of the capacity of sports organizations to respond to social responsibility. Generally formulating and setting standards and benchmarks in sports organizations for evaluating and evaluating their programs and activities regarding social responsibility is understood as an important issue. https://smrj.ssrc.ac.ir/article_1921_9f6992966d4c363ea0162a056cb45fe5.pdf