Identifying and prioritizing the performance evaluation indices of Iranian directorates of sports and youth from the expert's viewpoints using the AHP model

This study aims at identifying and prioritizing the performance evaluation indices of Iranian directorates of Sports and youth form the expert's viewpoints using the AHP model.
This is an analytical study and the research population is comprised of sport management professors in Tehran state universities (N=186). Considering the required number of the participants in AHP Model for decision-making, the 60 people were randomly chosen as the sample. To identify the indices, a preliminary questionnaire was developed using literature review and distributed among the participants in two steps. With regard to the comments, a questionnaire with five criteria and 26 sub-criteria was finalized and approved.
The participant's viewpoints were weighted using the paired comparison matrix. Results indicated that the budget (w = 0.67725) and infrastructure development (w = 0.53921) were ranked the most important indices of input and output respectively.
Considering the findings of the study, the directorate administrators are recommended to improve the functional capacity of the organization by paying attention to optimize the use of budget especially development budget in order to develop sports infrastructures.