Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Postdoctoral student,, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.
2 Professor of Sports Management, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University OF Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil, Iran.
3 Associate Professor of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
Introduction: The current research tries to identify the factors affecting the growth of professional sports clubs, which affect the development of the sports industry, by focusing on the strategic foresight of Iran's professional sports with a world-class approach.
Methods: The data of this qualitative research, which had an exploratory-fundamental nature, was collected through targeted sampling with the snowball technique and based on semi-structured in-depth interviews with 20 experts in the field of professional sports clubs. A detailed interpretative understanding and preliminary and theoretical codings determined that professional sports clubs can build their desired future based on the requirements of shaping the future, by overcoming the weight of the past, the pressure of the present and in line with the tension of the future and the choice of proactive behavior in facing the future, set a perspective for it.
Results: In this research, a total of fifteen main factors affecting the strategic foresight of Iran's professional sports with a world-class approach include: sports structure, foundational factors, hardware infrastructure, background factors, key stakeholders, development with a global approach, actors Key, human resource development, and possible consequences, global development consequences, preferred future, uncertainties, drivers and surprises were identified.
Conclusion: In general, economic considerations are described in world-class professional sports more than anything else, although cultural elements also play a role in this field. Despite the importance of culture in globalization discourses in sports, economic considerations play an important role.
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