Analysis of Good Governance: A Case Study of the Egyptian Archery Federation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

While the sports industry and its application continue to grow rapidly and develop as vibrant and crowd pulling phenomenon, scholars and professors of sport management in Egypt do not pay much attention to areas of sport governance. They study topics such as the importance of leadership or the analysis of the board and its effective structure within the sport organizations but we cannot find any studies concentrated on any indicators to measure the performance of the sport organizations such as balance score card or indicators to analysis the good governance and how effective the organization is running its system. This study therefore seeks to address this state of affairs, and specifically to investigate the implications of good governance principles within the Egyptian Archery Federation by using play the game indicator (AGGIS).
A World Bank’s (2000) review on corporate governance observes that major corporate failures are often the result of fraud, incompetence and abuse of power and responsibilities and that only through an improved system of governance can organizations address these issues.
This case study was carried out on the Egyptian Archery Federation, since Egypt is trying to enhance its management system. I was trying to measure the good governance in the Egyptian Archery Federation in order to provide them with recommendations to enhance their weak governance points.
The primary data used in this study was collected using structured questionnaire designed by play the game organization. The findings of this study suggest the urgent need to implement policy which will compel EAF to start embracing good governance principles and indicators to measure the governance and performance. In addition it will encourage sport management researchers to do more studies and focus on the good governance and its implications in the sport organizations in general.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Table of Content
• I. INTRODUCTION. 1
• 1. Introduction 1
• 2. Research purposes 8
• II. LITERATURE REVIEW 9
• 1. Concepts of Governance 9
• 2. Definitions of sport(s) governance: 12
• 3. Types of Governance 15
• 1) Process governance 15
• 2) Global governance 15
• 3) Non- profit governance 15
• 4) Corporate governance 16
• 5) Internet governance 16
• 6) E- Governance 17
• 7) Information Technology Governance 18
• 8) Environment governance 18
• 9) Multi-level governance 19
• 10) Regulatory governance 19
• 11) Participatory governance 20
• 12) Project governance 20
• 13) Meta-governance 21
• 14) Collaborative governance 22
• 4. Significance and Aims of Governance 22
• 1) Significance of governance 22
• 2) Aims of governance 24
• 5. Theories of Governance 25
• 6. Principles of Good Governance 34
• 7. Principles of good governance in sport 35
• Council of Europe’s principles of good governance in sport 38
• IOC’s basic universal principle of good governance of the Olympic and Sport Movement 38
• The four good governance dimensions of the AGGIS sport governance observer 39
• 1) Transparency and public communications 39
• 2) Checks and balances 42
• 3) Democracy process 43
• 4) Solidarity 44
• 8. Governance in sports in Egypt and in Arab world 46
• 9. Previous studies related to good governance in sports federations 46
• III. THE METHODOLOGY 48
• 1. Overview 48
• 2. Research Design 49
• 3. Sampling 50
• 3.1 Population 50
• 3.2 Sample 50
• Target organization: 50
• Target personnel: 51
• 4. Tool for Data Collection 51
• Questionnaire: 51
• 4.1 Background about (AGGIS) 52
• 4.2 Manual of the governance index 53
• 4.3 The grading system 53
• 5. Statistical Procedure Used 57
• The mean: 57
• Standard Deviation 57
• Standard Deviation 58
• IV. RESULTS 59
• Overview 59
• Findings 63
• First dimension: Transparency 63
• Second dimension: Democratic process 66
• Third dimension check and balances 69
• Fourth dimension solidarity 72
• V. Conclusion 80
• 1) Transparency and public communications 80
• 2) Democratic process 82
• 3) Checks and balances 83
• 4) Solidarity 84
• Implications 86
• Limitations of this study 91
• Future Research 92
• Concluding Comment 94
• References 96
• Appendix: I