Farzad Nobakht; Roghayyeh Bakhshesh; Mehrdad Moharramzadeh; Abbas Naghizadeh
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of designing and implementing marketing software in sporting events to investigate the financial, technical, human, legal, operational and schedule aspects of the study. The feasibility questionnaire was prepared with 40 items in 6 dimensions: ...
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of designing and implementing marketing software in sporting events to investigate the financial, technical, human, legal, operational and schedule aspects of the study. The feasibility questionnaire was prepared with 40 items in 6 dimensions: financial, technical, human, legal, operational and scheduling. Its reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha test and content validity of the questionnaire by 5 professors of sport management (using CVI and CVR indices). The statistical population of this research is 270 sport managers and experts and software designers in Ardabil city. Sampling was categorical random and the sample size was estimated 154 according to Cochran formula. The research findings showed that the human aspect of marketing software in Ardebil sport events is confirmed but technical, legal, financial, operational and scheduling aspects of marketing software in Ardebil province is not confirmed. According to the results, the design and implementation of sports event marketing software in Ardabil province is not evaluated positively and it is necessary to consider the possible obstacles and ways of investigating it before to design it.