Title: Holistic sport management maturity assessment: application to COSMA competencies scale

Authors: Michail Glykas; Xanthi Tsipoura; Spyridon Sakellariou

Addresses: Department of Financial and Management Engineering, School of Engineering, University of the Aegean, Greece ' Department of Financial and Management Engineering, School of Engineering, University of the Aegean, Greece ' Department of Financial and Management Engineering, School of Engineering, University of the Aegean, Greece

Abstract: A survey reviewing research in sport management implementation maturity has determined the dominant enablers and success factors. Each critical success factor and enabler has been associated with management theories that provide theoretical underpinnings necessary for enhancing academic integrity in the sports management field. A novel holistic approach for sport management implementation assessment is presented. It proposes a matrix that includes the most prominent, theoretically validated, enablers and critical success factors. The proposed matrix was combined with COSMA. COSMA provides a scale for competencies assessment of sport management professionals. A novel COSMA assessment 'tracking matrix' resulted via the application of COSMA on our proposed maturity assessment framework. Contributions of our research are multi fold. Our proposed framework provides the theoretical underpinnings necessary for the validity of the identified concepts. Both the tracking matrix and the implementation maturity assessment framework can be used and extended by researchers and professionals in sport management.

Keywords: process management; human resources management; HRM; sport management; COSMA; implementation maturity assessment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2024.143665

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2024 Vol.24 No.5/6, pp.378 - 405

Received: 02 Nov 2022
Accepted: 16 Nov 2023
Published online: 03 Jan 2025 *

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