Sport Management Studies

Designing a green management model for Iranian sports venues and facilities

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

sajed pourhassan 1
ali mohannad safania 2
Ali Mohammad Amirtash 3
reza nikbakhsh 4

1 Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch

2 Professor of Management and Planning in Physical Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Full Professor, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University

4 Associate Professor, Department of Sport Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2021.9397.3182
Abstract
A green organization is one that accomplishes its missions, goals, and tasks so that both individuals and other existing organizations and the needs of the future are not distorted by limited resources. To become a green organization, you need green management. Green management is the effective and efficient use of all facilities, material and human resources to guide and control the organization to achieve environmental goals in order to create social acceptance and preserve the environment. The present study was performed qualitatively. In-depth interviews with experts were used to collect data. Research data were collected through purposive sampling method and snowball technique and based on 12 in-depth interviews with related experts. The results of thematic analysis of green management challenges showed the existence of challenges in the form of 43 concepts that were extracted from interviews with experts. In the second stage of coding, these concepts became 6 more abstract concepts in the form of primary and secondary concepts, and finally in the third stage, these 6 concepts became 3 main categories or themes with basic, applied and environmental titles. Finally, in this research, the concepts, major categories and core categories include 6 concepts of challenges, green management culture, green management regularities, social structures, structural change and education. Finally, it can be concluded that green management in sports venues and facilities is not considered properly and it is expected that the relevant managers will consider more importance for the issue of green management in sports venues and facilities.

Keywords

Green management
sports facilities
sports management

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Sport Management Studies
Volume 14, Issue 74 - Serial Number 74
September and October 2022
Pages 163-188

  • Receive Date 27 August 2020
  • Revise Date 08 February 2021
  • Accept Date 28 February 2021

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