Development and Evaluation of A Succession Planning Model in General Departments of Sports and Youth of Isfahan Province with Emphasis on Delphi Method

Global developments in the field of sports, increasing public awareness and the complexities of implementing various sports programs have created a competitive, dynamic and highly variable environment within sports organizations. The results of research in sports organizations show a lack of qualified personnel. Therefore, the overall purpose of the study is to develop and evaluate a model of succession in general departments of sports and youth with emphasis on the Delphi method. The research was applied in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of implementation method. The statistical population in the first part includes existing and available research in reputable scientific databases such as Human Kinetics, Emeral, Scupos in the field of succession breeding as well as sixteen human resources specialists in sports and in the second part, managers and experts in General Departments of Sports and Youth of Isfahan province that the sampling was done by purposeful method. The factors influencing the design of succession model were identified and in the next step, the data were analyzed using the written views of experts and academic elites. These measures were taken in the form of steps: Step one; Data were collected in the form of expert discussions of the research group in relation to succession breeding by academic and sports experts. Step two; By distributing the researcher-made questionnaire among the statistical population and using the structural model method, the relationship path analysis and prioritization of dimensions and components were shown.
The results showed that in the succession breeding model, respectively, the dimensions of growth and excellence of successors and candidates, program monitoring and capabilities evaluation, strategic communication and networking, strategic alignment and analysis of talent identification needs and identification of strategic capabilities directly on succession breeding. The General Directorate of Sports and Youth is influential. Sports managers should provide the necessary conditions for succession through measures such as planning in the recruitment and selection stages, training and improvement, correcting undesirable and unnecessary behaviors, and managing talents.