Sport Physiology & Management Investigations

Sport Physiology & Management Investigations

The role of knowledge management and strategic orientation in prediction of organizational performance (Case study: Lorestan province sports organizations)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Sajad Mansoury 1
esfandiar khosravizadeh 2
zeinab Mondalizadeh 3
1 M.A in sport management, Department of sport management, faculty of sport sciences, Arak university, Arak, Iran.
2 Associate professor, Sport management department, faculty of sport sciences, Arak university, Arak, Iran.
3 Assistance professor, Sport management department, faculty of sport sciences, Arak university, Arak, Iran.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of knowledge management and strategic orientation on organizational performance of sports organizations in Lorestan province. The research was a descriptive – correlational that was carried out by survey method. The statistical population included all managers and staffs of sport and youth offices, sport boards and sport club’s of the province (227 people), which all of them were selected as a sample. Hemmati Knowledge Management Standard Questionnaire (2010), Ahmadian's Strategic Orientation (1392), and Hersey's and Gould Smith's Organizational Performance (1980) were used to collect data. Content validity of these tools was confirmed by the university professors and their reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data was analized using structural equation modeling test in the SPSS version 22 and LISREL 8/8. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between knowledge management and strategic direction with organizational performance in sport organizations. Also, knowledge management with coefficient equal 0.17 and 0.68 have a significant effecct on organizational performance, and strategic direction with coefficient equal 0.81 has a significant effect on organizational performance. Hence, it can be said that strategic orientation plays a mediator role between knowledge management and organizational performance.
Keywords
Knowledge Management
Organizational Performance
Sport Organization
Strategic Orientation
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