A research related to point of views of sport managers in Antalya about total quality management

Within today?s commercial conditions where sports is a political and economic powerand the management strategies are effective on each step of competitive markets and freemarket economies, the sports foundations and institutions aim at using their managementstrategies in the most productive way in order to improve their productivity and effectivenesson the public. Total Quality Management in recent years has had a strong influence onproviding at institutional development identity and system management works and producingpositive effects on several managerial steps.Same as in the global world, phenomenon of sports has become an economic sector inour country and with its managerial diversities, it has become a field directed by sportsmanagers. Total Quality Applications which can be used in a wide-ranged field includingsports, economics, health, and management have particularly become an importantcornerstone during the managerial process. As part of planning, application, control, andcorrection strategies, Total Quality Management facilitates realising the managerial activitiesof institutions.In this thesis, a study has been done on the sports managers? views on Total QualityManagement within the range of sports foundations and institutions in the province ofAntalya and a survey is conducted among one hundred people in Antalya. By means of thequestionaire, the most important part of the study , demographical structural andphenomenon. Profile of sports managers have been obtained. To get their views on the subjectdata of the survey have been used. According to their demographic features, it?s been studiedhow the Total Quality Application effect the management process.