THE CURRENT STATUS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENTOFETHIOPIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION BY HAILUTEGEGNTESFAHUN JUNE, 2020 ADDIS ABABA THE CURRENT STATUS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF ETHIOPIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION BY HAILUTEGEGNTESFAHUN A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES OF ADDIS ABABAUNIVERSITY INPARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MSC IN SPORT SCIENCE JUNE, 2020 ADDIS ABABA THE CURRENT STATUS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF ETHIOPIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION BY HAILU TEGEGN TESFAHUN APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINE 1. __________________________ _______________ _____________ Chair person, Department DateSignature Graduate Committee 2. __________________________ _______________ _____________ Advisor Date Signature 3. __________________________ _______________ _____________ Internal examiner Date Signature 4. __________________________ _______________ _____________ External examinerDate Signature JUNE 2020 ADDIS ABABA Declaration I, the undersigned, declared that this Thesis is my original work and has not been presented for a master in any other university, and that all sources of material used for the Thesis have been duly acknowledged. Name: HailuTegegnTesfahun Signature: __________________ Date: __________________ This Thesis has been submitted for examination with my approval as a University adviser Name: WendimuTadesse(Assistance Pro.) Signature: __________________ Date: __________________ Acknowledgment It would have been difficult to accomplish this research in its present form had it not been for the help I received from many individuals .I would like to express my thanks to those who helped me during the process of conducting the research. Thanks are due to the organisation of Addis Ababa Sport Commission for sponsoring me to continue my study at Addis Ababa University. During the process of conducting this research I was encouraged to keep it up by Ato Solomon Seyoum and AtoSisay Alemayehu‟. I would like to extend my thanks to my adviser WondimuTadesse (Assistant Professor) for his generous assistance throughout the entire undertakings of the research. I would also like to take this opportunity and thank a few of many people who have made this MSc thesis possible. Words alone will not be powerful enough to express my gratitude to them for their personal and professional support in conducting the research. It would also be difficult, if not impossible, to name all the people with whom I have discussed and clarified my thoughts. Therefore, I am indebted to all my friends, colleagues and acquaintances. Finally, I wish to thank AtoTechaleAbebe who edited the language. i Table of Content Content Page Acknowledgment ................................................................................................................................... i Table of Content ................................................................................................................................... ii List of Figure ....................................................................................................................................... iv List of Table.......................................................................................................................................... v Acronyms and Abbreviations............................................................................................................... vi Abstract............................................................................................................................................... vii CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Background of the Study ....................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Statement of the Problem ...................................................................................................... 3 1.3. Basic Research Questions ..................................................................................................... 4 1.4. Objectives of the Study ......................................................................................................... 4 1.4.1. General Objective.......................................................................................................... 4 1.4.2. Specific Objectives ........................................................................................................ 4 1.5. Significance of the Study ...................................................................................................... 4 1.6. Delimitation of the Study ...................................................................................................... 5 1.7. Limitation of the Study ......................................................................................................... 5 1.8. Operational Definition .......................................................................................................... 5 1.9. Organization of the Study ..................................................................................................... 6 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ............................................................................................ 7 2.1. Back Ground of Football from Global Prospective ............................................................... 7 2.2. Organizational Structure of Sport .......................................................................................... 8 2.3. Organizational Design ........................................................................................................... 8 2.4. Dimension of Organizational structure of Structure of Sport ................................................ 9 2.5. Organizational Chart ........................................................................................................... 11 2.6. Ethiopian Football Federation ............................................................................................. 12 2.7. Departmentalization ............................................................................................................ 13 2.8. Constitution of Sport Organization ..................................................................................... 13 2.9. General Assembly ............................................................................................................... 14 ii 2.10. Executive Committee ...................................................................................................... 14 2.11. Standing Committee ........................................................................................................ 15 2.12. Stakeholders in the National Association General Assembly .......................................... 15 2.13. The Number of Members at National Association General Assemblies .......................... 16 2.14. The Formation of League Company ................................................................................ 16 2.14. Importance of Organizational Structure .......................................................................... 18 2.14.1. Types of Organizational Structure ............................................................................... 18 2.15. Factors that Influences Structure of Sport Organization .................................................. 19 2.16. Human, Finance, Material and Equipment Resources Management ............................... 21 2.17. Management of Volunteers ............................................................................................. 22 2.18. Women Participation in Sport ......................................................................................... 24 2.19. Financial Management .................................................................................................... 25 2.19.1. Association model: Level of National Association Involvement and Financial Relationships with the National Association ................................................................................... 25 2.19.2. Revenue of Sport Organization ................................................................................... 26 2.20. Facility Management ....................................................................................................... 27 2.20.1. Designing and Planning On Facility ............................................................................ 28 2.21. Football Development ..................................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER THREE ............................................................................................................................ 29 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................................... 29 3.1. Research Design .................................................................................................................. 29 3.2. Research Methodology........................................................................................................ 29 3.2.1. Primary Data Source ................................................................................................... 29 3.2.2. Secondary Data Source ..............................................................................................