Assessing the Effectiveness of Strategic Management Process and its Impact on Organizational Accountability

The study is to measure the effectiveness of the strategic management process and its impact on organizational accountability in the Ministry of Sport and Youth. This study is a descriptive-correlational research that is conducted as a field study. The population of the study includes 800 people that consists of all employees of the Ministry of Sport and Youth, according to the inquiry of the Assistant to the Support and Human Resources. The sample size required for this research is 260 people that were selected by simple random sampling based on the sample size chart of Krejci & Morgan. A questionnaire was distributed among them and 251 questionnaires were returned. The research tool was Strategic Management Effectiveness Questionnaire in Sports Organizations based on the work of Faridfathi (1396) and Waezy's Organizational Accountability Questionnaire (2011). The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by 10 faculty members in the field of sports and leisure management. Cronbach's alpha was used to determine reliability and the questionnaire was given to 25 people of the population. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the Strategic Management Effectiveness Questionnaire was 0/82 and for the organizational accountability questionnaire was 0/84. The results indicated that the effectiveness of strategic management in the Ministry of Sport and Youth is not in a good situation (p=0/05). Also, there was a significant relationship between the effectiveness of strategic management and organizational accountability (p= 0/05). It can be concluded that the Ministry of Sport and Youth needs to evaluate strategic management processes and strategies for the effectiveness of their strategies. Also, accountability system should be strengthened in line with the organizational goals and strategies.