Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify and developing the model of obstacles of successful implementation of strategic plan in sport and youth ministry of Iran. The research population consists of all executive managers, middle managers, operational managers, professional experts, experts, consultant and elites of sport and youth ministry of Iran(N=320). Their number is 257 people while all of them were considered as research sample. In order to data gathering, semi structured interviews and researcher made questionnaire was used. In order to inferential analyze Friedman test, confirmatory and exploratory factors analysis was applied. Result of exploratory and confirmatory factors analysis of research questions led to identify five following factors: planning consequence, organizational obstacles, managerial obstacles, individual and staffs obstacles and environmental obstacles. Survey of current level of each obstacle in impeding successful implementation of strategies in sport and youth ministry of Iran show the following result: managerial obstacles 75.58%, planning consequence 74.23%, individual obstacles 73.23%, organizational obstacles 72.59%, and environmental obstacles 71.06%. Furthermore, the model of obstacles of successful implementation of Strategies in sport and youth ministry of Iran was well developed and its reliability and validity was confirmed (RMSEA=0.069, AGFI=0.86, GFI=0.92). As a result, the Policymakers and managers of sport and youth ministry and other sport organizations can use this model in order to identifying and determining the role of each obstacle in Successful Implementation of Strategies.
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