Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 11

The Relationship between Information Technology (IT) and Organizational Structure in Physical Education Administrations of Iran

  • Author:
  • Hakim Mostafaee, Bisotoon Azizi, Bayan Fatehi, Motalleb Ahmadpour, Osman Alipour
  • Total Page Count: 15
  • Page Number: 288 to 302

*Department of Physical Education, Sardasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sardasht, Iran

**Young Researchers and Elite Club, Sardasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sardasht, Iran

Online published on 7 November, 2013.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between information technology and organizational structure of Physical Education administrations in Iran. This is a describtive-corelational research. Administrative management and the total population of that number 188 were Iranian Physical Education (N=n). Data gather using for questionnaire organizational structure of Robbins (1987) and researcher-made questionnaire for Information Technology. The Validity was approved by 8 professional sport management professors and the reliability by choronbachs alpha coefficient (0.84 and 0.82). Descriptive statistics and data collected through Kolmogorov Smirnov test, Kendall's correlation test and Spearman correlation test were analyzed. The results showed that a significant relationship between information technology with organizational structure, social structure, physical structure in Physical Education administrations of Iran P=(0.05). The results also show that a significant relationship between information technology with formalization, centralization, integrity, Independent of the place and Independent of the time, But there was no significant relationship between information technology and complexity in Physical Education administrations of Iran P=(0.05).

Keywords

Information Technology, Organizational Structure, Social Structure, Physical Structure