The effect of management procedures and long-term planning on the effective communication between the Iranian Football Federation and the Asian Football Confederation

The aim of the current research was to investigate the impact of managerial procedures and long-term planning on the effective communication between the Iranian Football Federation and the Asian Football Confederation, the research was part of applied research in terms of the purpose of the research, and in terms of its descriptive nature and from the perspective of the variables, it was an exploratory mixed research. . The statistical population in the qualitative section includes 12 experts in the field of sports diplomacy and international relations; The members of the academic staff of sports management in the country and the officials of international relations of the football federation were selected by the criteria method; And in the quantitative part, based on Morgan's table, 140 people from the governors and the football board of the provinces and experts in charge of the football federation were selected as a statistical sample using the available method. The analysis of the findings of the qualitative part was done based on theme analysis with Max Kyuda 10 software and the quantitative part was done based on the structural equation model based on Lisrel analysis software. The findings of the qualitative part showed that managerial procedures and long-term planning are the most important factors affecting effective inter-organizational communication in sports in the Iranian Football Federation and the Asian Confederation