Challenges in the Management of Football the Case of Ethiopian Football Premier League
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2021-07-04
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective of the study was to examine the challenges faced by Ethiopian Premier League clubs in case of management. The target population of the study was football clubs participating in 2012 participating in Ethiopian football premier league. Out of 16(N=16) of the target populations of the club, five (n=5) clubs were included in this study based on purposive sampling technique. Partakers in this study were administrative employees, coaches, players, and medical personnel from five Ethiopian football clubs that competed in the 2012 Ethiopian Premier League.
Participants from football clubs were selected by using simple random method and asked to fill questionnaires and the questionnaires were collected from the respondents. Interview was also carried out with each sampled club respondents. The total number of respondents participated in questionnaires are 109 from five different clubs. In each football club in minimum 19(nineteen) and maximum 24(twenty-four) participants participated in study. The data was described and evaluated using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and the study was concluded with the following conclusions; There is a lack of FIFA standard club structure management. There is a lack of and a need for knowledgeable personnel in the club. There is a lack of and need for financial management experts. There is a lack of and need for media related weakly published magazines and advertisement. There is a lack of club relationship with fun in order to pay being member ship and respecting the rule and regulations of the club. And there is a lack of and need for functional management.
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Management, Football, Primer League, Personnel