International Journal of Business Information Systems (17460972)39(1)pp. 76-95
The purpose of this study is to develop a model for the success of information systems in sports organisations. This research is based on modelling the structural equations based on the conceptual model derived from the DeLone and McLean research. This model consists of six variables namely system quality, information quality, service quality, intention to use, user satisfaction, and net benefits, which are derived from Sirsat and Sirsat (2016) research. To implement the model, the statistical population included all the staff of the sport departments of Iran. After data collection, the model constructs were modified using of the measurement model. In the final stage and based on the collected data, the conceptual model was implemented, which had a very bad fit; after implementing some necessary reforms, the model of the success of IS in sports organisations was presented and confirmed. © 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies (17438276)13(3)pp. 231-256
The purpose of the present article is to study the effects of mediator organisational agility in the relation between knowledge management, and innovation and competitive advantage in sports organisations. The test population included all the staff active in sports organisations of Isfahan province. The standard knowledge management questionnaire of Newman and Conrad (1999), innovation (Jiménez-Jimenez et al., 2008; Panayides, 2006; Prajogo and Sohal, 2006), competitive advantage from researcher-made questionnaire and organisational agility (Zhang and Sharifi, 2000) were used for collecting data. The results of the findings indicated that knowledge management variable has significant effects on innovation, competitive advantage and agility. Also, the effects of agility variable was not significant regarding innovation, but they had significant effects on the competitive advantage. In conclusion, Sohel test result indicated that knowledge management variable has significant effects on innovation and competitive advantage with mediator of organisational agility. Copyright © 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Journal of Facilities Management (17410983)19(3)pp. 339-357
Purpose: This study aims to provide a novel method for sport places site selection, although instead of using decision-making methods, the focus is on analytic functions in geographic information systems (GIS). Design/methodology/approach: Researchers today have combined site selection science to a large extent with GIS and different decision-making methods to provide methods with higher confidence coefficients, however, it seems that there is a long way left to the best result. Findings: After making a study database including data related to uses and urban elements, sports places, population density in study territory and drawing map of the region, by exporting data to GIS environment this database was prepared to use as separate layers. In the next step, the final map was made by shared overlapping of layer resulted from combining determining factors in sport places site selection and a layer of the sphere of influence of sport places available. Originality/value: As with other research studies done for site selection, the region determined as high value in the final map was wide, a method of minimizing the difference of maximum and minimum standard deviation of polygons was used to minimize these lands. This method made it possible to plan to construct multiple sport places in succession. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management (09764348)10(5)pp. 1133-1144
The aim of present study was to provide a combined model of fuzzy AHP and numerical taxonomy analysis for sport organizational ranking and performance appraisal in which subjects were Esfahan youth and sports offices (Iran). In the first step, related indices with four balanced scorecard perspective were identified, and scientific resources, research background, professional comments, and finally confirmatory factor analysis were used. Finally, 41 indices were identified and classified in four-perspectives balance scorecard (BSC). After confirmation of final construct of the BSC, fuzzy analytical hierarchy process was used to identify the weight of indices in every four perspectives. Then, in Esfahan, 26 youth and sports offices were ranked using numerical taxonomy method. According to the results, youth and sports offices of Esfahan city, Najafabad, and Shahinshahr were in first to third places, respectively. Finally, in order to conduct performance appraisal and rank sports organizations, a model was provided through the previous path. The provided model not only could identify studied organizations situation in every executive area but also could make a framework for better management and efficient performance. © 2019, The Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM), India and The Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden.
