Performance Evaluation of Sport Association Board of Isfahan Province through DEA and a Championship Approach

Performance   evaluation in regular periods is one of the ways in which organizations can   evaluate their performance as well as weak and strong points unifiedly and   precisely. These days, mathematical models are also used to evaluate the   efficiency and productivity of various units. These units are a collection of   education, research and service activities as input and output factors and   according to effectiveness and importance degree of each factor in total   performance, the ratio of total weighed output to total weighed input are   calculated as efficiency degree of decision making units. In this study, data   envelopment analysis is employed to evaluate the efficiency of 48 sport   association board of Isfahan province based on championship perspective. In   present study, factors such as sending to matches, holding matches, the   number of players in national teams and etc. are used. Moreover, calculation   is done based on constant return on scale. Finding of efficiency calculation   reveal that out of 50 present boards in Isfahan province,   24 boards in men's group and 22 boards in women's group have been efficient   in year 90. After ranking blind and weak-sighted board, deaf board and   martial art board in women's group have been recognized in the first place.   Also, blind and weak-sighted board has the highest rank among 50 active   association board in men's group. Finally sensitivity analysis of input data   shows that sending to matches has the most significant effect on efficiency   of association boards.