INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

5. Installing more beach volleyball courts along Israel's
coastline with the cooperation of local authorities.
Contribution of the study
Although the study focused on the sport of beach volleyball in
Israel and the way it is managed within the volleyball association, the
field of strategic management that served as the framework for this
study provides useful information for further analysis of non-profit
sport organization in Israel.
The environmental trends, which surrounds the beach volleyball
‘organisation’ are relevant to the entire non-profit sport sector in
Israel:
1. The low priority that sport receives in Israel's government
agenda.
2. The lack of existing long term planning in sport organizations.
3. The lack of a business approach to sport organizations,
although non-for profit restricts potential sponsors from
involvement in sport.
4. The affiliation of political parties within sport in Israel.
Recommendation for further research in Israel includes
investigation of the organizational environment of non-profit sport
organizations, the extent to which these organizations undertake long
term planning activities and the emergence of professionalisation
within sport organizations and the business approach undertaken by
them. With regard to the beach volleyball organization, a follow up
study could be conducted in order to investigate whether the
organization has managed to formulate a strategy and the way it is
executed.
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