The management competencies of the directors of youth centres and indoor facilities in the municipalities

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to construct a valid and reliable instrument to determine the competencies needed to manage the health & fitness clubs and indoor facilities of Youth & Sport Organizations in the Greek Municipalities. For the purposes of the study we used (with permission) the competencies of sport managers instrument constructed by Dr KL Toh. This questionnaire comprised 96 competency statements translated into Greek with reverse translation. Following standard procedures and with the help of five academic experts from Greece, six directors of the health & fitness clubs and indoor facilities of Youth & Sport Organizations of the municipalities constructed the final version of the questionnaire, comprising 72 questions. The instrument was then administered to a sample of 101 managers. Results analysis of the internal validity revealed that the Cronbach's alpha was 0.95. Exploratory factor analysis revealed eight factors comprising 69 competency statements: management techniques (15 items), sport science, (13 items), event management (10 items), public relations (8 items), computer skills/research (8 items), facilities management (5 items), governance (5 items), and safety/injury prevention (5 items). Further internal consistency of each factor revealed Cronbach's alpha coefficients from 0.76 to 0.97. It is concluded that the questionnaire developed in this study is a reliable and valid instrument to measure the competencies of the managers of health & fitness clubs and indoor facilities.

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“…Ιn this study used the instrument was developed with procedures from another similar studies (Tripolitsioti, Mountakis, Konstantinakos & Theodorikakos, 2007;Tripolitsioti, Mountakis & Strigas, 2009): a) …<< a review of related literature, b) informal interviews with physical education teachers with specialization in recreation, c) a panel of specialists, and d) field testing of the instrument. a) Following a critical review of the literature on measures of physical activities & sports , a pool of 12 items was developed.…”

Η Χρησιμοποίηση Των Ιδιαίτερων Ικανοτήτων Αθλητικής Διοίκησης Από Τους Προπονητές Του Κλασσικού Αθλητισμού

“…Αλ πξνζπαζήζνπκε λα ζπλνςίζνπκε ηα παξαπάλσ, ζα κπνξνχζακε λα θαηαιήμνπκε φηη ηθαλφηεηεο είλαη ζχλζεηεο δεμηφηεηεο, ζπκπεξηθνξέο ή γλψζε (Hall and Jones, 1976) πνπ νδεγνχλ ζηελ νξζή εθηέιεζε κηαο δξαζηεξηφηεηαο, ζεκαληηθήο ζηελ επηηπρία ηεο πξνζσπηθήο ή επαγγεικαηηθήο δσήο ελφο αηφκνπ (Butler, 1978) (Broughton, Lee and Nethery, 1999;Meek, 1997;Pitts, Fielding and Miller, 1994 (Kim, 1997;Κν, 2007;Kostopoulos, 2011;Quinn, 1994;Rotrigez, 2009;Σαζηφπνπινο, 2010;Tripolitsioti, 2007;Tripolitsioti, 2009& Tripolitsioti, 2010 Barcelona & Ross, 2004;Hatfield, Wrenn & Bretting, 1987;Farzalipour, Balci, Ghorbanzadeh et al, 2012;Jamieson, 1987;Kostopoulos, 2011;Κν, 2007;Koustelios, 2003a;2003b ;Lambrecht, 1987;Lambercht, 1987;Lambrecht, 1991;Toh, 1997;Tripolitsioti et al, 2007;Tripolitsioti et al, 2009;Tripolitsioti, 2010;Σαζηφπνπινο, 2010 (Cheng, 1993;Davis, 1987;Hatfield, Wren, & Bretting, 1987;Jennings, 1984;Lambrecht, 1987;Nielsen, 1990;& Skipper, 1990 (Babbie, 1995;Tungjaroenchai, 2000). Ζ αμία πνπ έρεη ε πεξηγξαθηθή αλάιπζε είλαη φηη βαζίδεηαη ζηα επηρεηξήκαηα φηη ηα πξνβιήκαηα κπνξεί λα επηιπζνχ...…”

“…Γηα ηελ αλάπηπμε ηεο θιίκαθαο ηεο παξνχζαο δηαηξηβήο, ρξεζηκνπνηήζεθαλ νη παξαθάησ δηαδηθαζίεο: α) κειέηε ηεο ζρεηηθήο βηβιηνγξαθίαο γηα ηηο γλψζεηο/ηθαλφηεηεο ησλ ζηειερψλ δηνίθεζεο ηνπ αζιεηηζκνχ, αιιά θαη απηψλ (γλψζεσλ/ηθαλνηήησλ) πνπ ρξεζηκνπνηνχλ νη πξνπνλεηέο ησλ άιισλ νκαδηθψλ αζιεκάησλ, γηα λα αληαπνθξηζνχλ ζηα θαζήθνληά ηνπο, β) έλαο θαηάινγνο απφ γλψζεηο/ηθαλφηεηεο πνπ ρξεηάδνληαη ζηε αζιεηηθή δηνίθεζε, θαη γλσζηηθά αληηθείκελα δηδαθηηθνχ πεξηερνκέλνπ αζιεηηθήο δηνίθεζεο απφ παξφκνηεο έξεπλεο, φπσο ησλ: Barcelona & Ross, 2004;Hatfield, Wrenn & Bretting, 1987;Farzalipour, Balci, Ghorbanzadeh et al, 2012;Jamieson, 1987;Kostopoulos, 2011;Κν, 2007;Koustelios, 2003a;2003b ;Lambrecht, 1987;;Lambercht, 1987;Lambrecht, 1991;Toh, 1997;Tripolitsioti et al, 2007;Tripolitsioti et al, 2009;Tripolitsioti, 2010;Σαζηφπνπινο, 2010;Kostopoulos, 2011) γ) νκάδα απφ εηδηθνχο θξηηέο, ηξεηο αθαδεκατθνχο θαη ηξεηο πξνπνλεηέο θιαζζηθνχ αζιεηηζκνχ θαη δ) Πηινηηθή κειέηε ζε 349 πξνπνλεηέο/ηξηεο ηνπ θιαζζηθνχ αζιεηηζκνχ γηα λα ζηαζκηζηεί ε θιίκαθα (Berg &Latin, 2003;Creswell, 2003;Neuman, 2003;Kabitisis, 2004;Thomas, Nelson, & Silverman, 2005;Tenenbaum, 2005 (Field, 2009). β) Σε ζηαηηζηηθή δνθηκαζία Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (Κ.Μ.Ο.…”

“…ηελ παξνχζα κειέηε πήξαλ κέξνο πξνπνλεηέο/ηξηεο θιαζζηθνχ αζιεηηζκνχ νη νπνίνη, φπσο παξαηεξείηαη απφ ηηο θνξηίζεηο ησλ γλψζεσλ/ηθαλνηήησλ "γλσξίδεη αλαηνκία", "γλσξίδεη θπζηνινγία ηεο άζθεζεο" θαη "γλσξίδεη αζιεηηαηξηθή", ζεψξεζαλ απαξαίηεηεο ηηο ηθαλφηεηεο απηέο θαη ηηο βαζκνιφγεζαλ αλάινγα. Πξέπεη φκσο λα ζεκεησζεί εδψ φηη ζε κειέηεο δεμηνηήησλ γηα ζηειέρε δηνίθεζεο αζιεηηζκνχ, νη εξσηήζεηο απηέο θαηαηάζζνληαη ζηνλ παξάγνληα αζιεηηθή επηζηήκε (Afthinos, 1993;Barcelone & Rose, 2004;Case, 1986;Case & Branch, 2004;Cheng, 1993;Chen, 1993;Davis, 1987;Ellard, 1984;Farmer, 1989;Gouws 1993;Hatfield, Wrenn, & Bretting, 1987;Horch & Schutte, 2003;Irwin, Cotter, Jenson & White, 1995;Jennings, 1984;Κim, 1997;Koustelios, 2003a;Koustelios, 2003b;Lambrecht, l987;Lin, 1998;Medahla, 1982;Montour, 1982;Nielson, 1990;Nikolaidis, 1995;Quinn, 1994;Skipper, 1990;Σsai, 1996;Tripolitsioti, 2005;Tripolitsioti, 2007;Tripolitsioti, 2009;Tripolitsioti, 2010;Ulrich & Parkhouse, 1982 (Lambrecht, l987;Lin, 1998;Medahla, 1982;Montour, 1982;Nielson, 1990;Nikolaidis, 1995;Quinn, 1994;Skipper, 1990;Σsai, 1996;…”

Instalações esportivas voltadas ao esporte de participação: proposta de modelo de processos de gestão para a realidade brasileira

“…Algumas pesquisas já foram realizadas com intuito de conhecer não só o perfil do gestor envolvido com a gerência de instalações esportivas como também aspectos da gestão exercida por este do perfil do gestor de instalações esportivas na Espanha é a elevada porcentagem de homens que ocupam estes cargos. O autor afirma que os profissionais que atuam como gestores de instalações esportivas são em boa parte provenientes das áreas de Educação Física e Esporte, mas que a maioria das instalações na Espanha são municipais e neste caso os pressupostos para a contratação dos profissionais não são os mais elevados, podendo ser um impedimento importante da inserção do profissional de educação física e esporte neste campo de atuação(RODRÍGUEZ, 2008).Em outros países da Europa e da Ásia também é possível encontrar pesquisas com intuito de conhecer o profissional envolvido com a gestão das instalações esportivas Tripolitsioti et al (2007). verificaram em sua pesquisa que os gestores de instalações esportivas de saúde e clubes de fitness na Grécia possuem idade média de 40,38 anos e trabalham como diretores em média há 12,8 anos.…”