Ali Reza Elahi
Assistant Professor, Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran.
Farideh Hadavi
Associate Professor, Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran.
Amin Kalani
Master Student, Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran.
Mehdi Falahati
Master Student, Jame Elmi Karbordi University, Iran.
Abdollah Ghasemi
Assistant Professor, Azad University of Sciences and Research, Iran.Measuring Organizational Learning Capabilities
in Iranian Sport Federations
The aim of present study was to description of organizational
learning capabilities in Iranian sport Federations. Research method
was Descriptive using questionnaire. Organizational Learning
Capabilities Questionnaires (Gomez, 2005) were completed by expert
personnel of Iranian sport Federations (N=52). The Validity of
questionnaires confirmed by prior studies and their Reliability
determined by cronbach’s alpha (0.9). Organizational Learning
Capabilities is consists of four dimensions named: managerial
commitment for learning, systemic perspective, openness and
experimentation, and knowledge transfer and integration. Results
showed that the degree of four mentioned above dimensions are less
than moderate in Iranian sport federations.
Also, there was a significant difference between dimensions of
organizational learning capabilities. This result approved that systemic
perspective had the maximum mean (3.36+.75) and openness and
experimentation had the minimum mean (2.95+.71) in federations. We
recommend that top manager in in Iranian sport federation use the
systemic perspective for enhancing and enriching other three
dimensions in their organizations.
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