COMPARISON OF THE POLICY PROCESS OF SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
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The objectives of this study were to compare of the policy process of sports development for excellence in higher education institutions and to propose models of the policy process of sports development for excellence in higher education institutions. The data were collected from document review and in-depth interview. The interviews consisted of 15 vice presidents, 15 middle managers and 15 executors. The research instrument is a semi-structured interview. The examination of the content validity was conducted by 5 experts. The content validity index (CVI) was 0.96 and the index of item-objective congruence (IOC) ranged from 0.60 to1.00. Finally, the suitability and possibility were measured by focus group of from the experts. The results indicated as follows:
- The current condition of the policy of sports development for excellence in higher education institutions showed that the involved personnel who had an important role were administrators’ coaches and athletes. In the dimension of finance and budget it was found that budget was mainly managed for sport competition in the university games. In the dimension of practice facilities there were sufficient places and equipment for practicing. And in the dimension of management and management process there were different implementations up to the operating context of the university.
- The model of policy in sports development for excellence in higher education institutions consisted of 1) setting systems of management and developing athletes for excellence 2) setting sports supporting organization in the university for developing sports for excellence 3) moving supporting and developing sports for excellence concretely and 4) following up and evaluating systematically of implementation of sports for excellence.
Based on the findings of this research, the higher education institutes can consider to take them for developing sports for excellence efficiently.
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