Developing the Strategic Plan of National Federation of Zoorkhaneh Sports

The aim of this study was to develop the strategic plan of national federation of Zoorkhaneh sports with mixed research method (a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods). The statistical population included previous and current board of directors in the federation, committee authorities, presidents of province boards, university professors and presidents of Zoorkhaneh associations in other organizations (N=70). The statistical sample was equal to the population and finally 58 questionnaires were returned correctly. An open questionnaire was used and the respondents were asked to list the vision, mission, values, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of national federation of Zoorkhaneh sports. Research strategic committee determined the importance coefficient and rank of each internal and external environment factor in the federation. When the strategic position of the federation was determined, 15 strategies were extracted and prioritized by adjunctive matrix. National federation of Zoorkhaneh sports was in SO strategic position. So strategies should be directed towards developing the activities of the federation. This issue was considered in the development of these strategies.