Indicator determination and effectiveness measurement of citizen recreational sport programs

Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract

Introduction and purpose: Recreational sports which is known sometimes as public sport, in fact, is one of the most important aspect of sport management in all societies. Considering this kind of sport is very important to authorities because it can attract lots of people and improve society health and happiness. the purpose of this research was determination of effectiveness indicators for recreational sport programs which municipalities are responsible to manage in cities. But for  there was no clear and measurable aims for the program, so in this research, in addition to determining indicators, authors tried to define some aims for the programs.
Methodology: the methodology of this research was a combination of different research methods. Documentary, interview, and Delfi methods were used in this research to identify program aims and effective factors of  the program effectiveness. For defining indicator formula, descriptive – analytic method was used.
Results and Conclusion: results showed that 10 aims for recreational sport program were recognized and so 10 effectiveness indicators were defined for the program effectiveness measurement.to measure recreational sport program effectiveness, first it's necessary to define clear and measureable aims. Otherwise measuring effectiveness would be impossible. For this, identifying effective factors was very important in this research.

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