Back to the Roots of Sports Management: 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Organizing Committee of Olympic Games

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 319 - 334, 05.10.2024

Ege Direnç Erkan , Zafer Çimen

https://doi.org/10.53025/sportive.1522054

Abstract

This research aims to compare the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games (OG), which continued their activities in parallel with the ideologies of the two superpowers of the Cold War, the USA, and the USSR, with public and private sector sports management approaches. The research model is a comparative case study. The findings were reached by single and cross analysing the data sources, including OCOG's official reports. Moscow and Los Angeles OCOG activities were compared under organizational structure, facilities, financing, and expenditures headings. Despite the blurred lines of intersectoral distinction, Moscow OCOG (OCOG-80) stands out as a distinctively dominant example of the public sector and Los Angeles OCOG (LAOOC) LAOOC as a distinctively dominant example of the private sector sport management approach. Despite the contrasting approaches, both OCOGs have completed realizing an OG from the planning stage to the closing ceremony. The activities of the sports organizations that achieved this success by meeting the expectations of the state and the system to which they belonged demonstrated the importance of focusing on the positive effects on sports management success of the right people taking the steps that meet the needs, rather than a superiority comparison between the requirements of the private or public sector.

Keywords

Organizational History, Private Sector, Public Sector

Spor Yönetiminin Köklerine Dönüş: 1980 Moskova ve 1984 Los Angeles Olimpiyat Organizasyon Komiteleri

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı Soğuk Savaş’ın iki süper gücü ABD ve SSCB’nin ideolojileriyle paralel biçimde faaliyetlerini sürdürmüş 1980 Moskova ve 1984 Los Angeles Oyunları Olimpiyat Organizasyon Komitelerini kamu ve özel sektör spor yönetimi yaklaşımları eşliğinde karşılaştırmaktır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden karşılaştırmalı vaka modeli kullanılmıştır. OOK resmi raporlarından oluşan veri kaynaklarına tekli ve çapraz analiz yapılarak bulgulara ulaşılmıştır. Moskova ve Los Angeles OOK faaliyetleri örgüt yapısı, tesisler, finansman ve harcamalardan oluşan başlıklar altında karşılaştırılmıştır. Sektörler arası ayrımın bulanıklaşan çizgilerine karşın Moskova OOK kamu, Los Angeles OOK özel sektör spor yönetimi yaklaşımının ayırt edici derece baskın örnekleri olarak ön plana çıkmıştır. Karşıt sayılabilecek derecede farklılaşan yaklaşımlara rağmen bir Olimpiyat Oyunu’nu planlama aşamasından kapanış törenine varana dek eksiksiz gerçekleştirme işini iki OOK de başarıyla tamamlamıştır. Ait oldukları devletin ve sistemin beklentilerini karşılayarak bu başarıyı elde eden spor örgütlerinin faaliyetleri özel ya da kamu sektörünün gerekleri arasındaki bir üstünlük karşılaştırması yerine; ihtiyaçları karşılayan adımların, doğru kişilerce gerçekleştirilmesinin spor yönetimi başarısı üzerindeki olumlu etkilerine odaklanmanın önemini göstermiştir

Keywords

Organizasyon Tarihi, Özel Sektör, Kamu Sektörü

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