Evaluating the Efficiency of Sports Organizations Using the 3-Branch Approach Based on DEA (Case Study: Yazd province)

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Authors

1 Associate Professor of Sport Management, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor of Sport Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: Today, sport is recognized as an industry and its evaluation can add to its improvement and development. The main purpose of this research is evaluating the efficiency of sports organizations based on the three-branch model including Elite sport, human resources and financial-administrative approaches.

Method: The statistical population of the research is all the sports Associations of Yazd province (N=n). The data analysis method used in this research is the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, which is used to calculate efficiency using MATLAB software.

Results: The results of the research show that squash sports, sports for all, table tennis, kung fu, gymnastics and Aquatics are effective in all approaches. Also, effective sports Associations in the Elite sport approach are: squash, sports associations, The enabled, gymnastics, chess, automobile and motorcycle, cycling, Rowing, weightlifting and fencing. In the approach of human resources, judo, cycling, sports associations, special patients, rowing, rural sports, sports for all, boxing and squash are effective. On the other hand, in the administrative-financial approach, squash, table tennis, sports for all, Kabaddi, kung fu and Aquatics are the most efficient.

Conclusion: Since the present study has evaluated the efficiency with a comprehensive approach, the presented results can be both a basis for the attention of managers in the distribution and allocation of resources and a basis for sports Associations of the province to improve their weaknesses according to the evaluation indicators. Also, the presented model and indicators can be a suitable model for evaluating the efficiency of other sports organizations.

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Research in Sport Management and Marketing
Volume 6, Issue 4
2025
Pages 40-53

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