The purpose of the present investigation was to identify the perceived
competencies needed to manage the athletic facilities such as the indoor health &
fitness clubs and indoor sport facilities of Young and Health Organisation of Greek
Municipalities.
The population of the study constituted 169 directors of the indoor health &
fitness clubs and 232 directors of indoor sport facilities of Young and Health
Organisation of Greek Municipalities from 13 Greek regions. The subjects answered
in a questionnaire, that developed for the study purposes. The instrument posted to the
study population and the response rate was 58%. For the data analysis it was used
descriptive statistics, factor analysis and Multivariate Analysis of Variance
(MANOVA).
Factor analysis revealed 8 factors which where: «sport science» (12
questions), «event management», (12 questions), «computer skills» (8 questions),
«management techniques» (13 questions), «communication-public relations» (8
questions), «facility management» (6 questions), «first aid-crisis management» (6
questions) and «governance» (5 questions). The Cronbach a of the questionnaire was
0.85.
The five competencies that rated more by directors of the indoor health &
fitness clubs were: «establishes eligibility guidelines for participants» (question 21),
«establishes procedures reflecting fair treatment of staff and participants» (question
3), «prepares written documentation of protests», (question 45), «handles disciplinary
action, accidents, game protests, and eligibility status reports», (question 33) and
«supervises governing or appeals board», (question 14).
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The five competencies that rated higher by directors of indoor sport facilities
were: «supervises governing or appeals board» (question 14), «prepares written
documentation of protests» (question 45), «handles disciplinary action, accidents,
game protests» and eligibility status reports» (question 33), «establishes eligibility
guidelines or participants» (question 21) and «establishes procedures reflecting fair
treatment of staff and participants» (question 3).
The Multivariate Analysis of Variance between the groups revealed that: (a)
there was a significant difference in the factors «sport science», «governance and
«crisis management-accident prevention» in favνur of the directors of the indoor
health & fitness clubs, b) there was a significant difference in the factors «event
management», «management techniques» and «facility management». No differences
were observed in the factors «computer utilization» and «media-public relations».
The one way analysis of variance followed by Bonferroni method for multiple
comparisons between mean values of factors and selective variables revealed that
there were significant differences in the age, the education level, the kind of degree,
the ears of employment, the incomes, the seminars and the directors who were
members of the Greek center for sport law research, while did not observe significant
differences in the family status, years of employment as directors, in the total numbers
of workers, in the numbers of physical education teachers and trainers and in the
physical education unions, that would be helped the directors with sport management
info. It is concluded, that the «governance», «communication-public relation» and
«computer skill»s were the competencies that needed by managers in order to
administer the health & fitness clubs and indoor facilities of Young and Health
Organisation of Greek Municipalities.
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