Guidelines Management for Orienteering Events Competitions in Guangdong Province, the People’s Republic of China

Rili Liu
Thailand
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6848-8468
Prakit Hongsaenyatham
Thailand
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2196-0258
Keywords: Orienteering; , Guidelines Management; , Orienteering Event Competition
Published: Nov 8, 2024

Abstract

Background and Aim: Orienteering is an endurance outdoor sport that pays equal attention to physical strength and intelligence. In recent years, Guangdong province held all kinds of different sizes and different themes of orientation that were welcomed by the masses. Therefore, to ensure the smooth progress of the game and improve the event organization management system, this research aims to construct guidelines for management for orienteering events competitions in Guangdong province, the People's Republic of China.


Materials and Methods: The participants of this research were divided into 4 groups as follows: (1) 7 experts including 4 managers from Guangdong province who hosted the orienteering event, and 3 university lecturers related to the orienteering event conducted expert interviews, to study the problem and obstruction of the management of orienteering events competitions; (2) 3 managers in the orienteering event were employed the index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) to evaluate the alignment between questionnaire items and research objectives; (3) 15 expert were conducted two round of Delphi survey, to construct guidelines management for orienteering events competitions; and (4) 9 experts including 5 managers from Guangdong province who host the orienteering event, and 4 university lecturers related to the orienteering event conducted connoisseurship panel to discuss and confirm the developed guidelines management.


Results: The final guidelines management for orienteering events competitions in Guangdong province, the People's Republic of China including the 4 first-level indicators and 27 second-level indicators was confirmed. The details of the 4 first-level indicators are as follows: (1) match preparation period; (2) competition preparation period; (3) competition period; and (4) competition closing period.


Conclusion: After confirmation by the connoisseurship method, the final guidelines management for orienteering events competitions in Guangdong province were confirmed.

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Liu, R., & Hongsaenyatham, P. (2024). Guidelines Management for Orienteering Events Competitions in Guangdong Province, the People’s Republic of China. International Journal of Sociologies and Anthropologies Science Reviews, 4(6), 165–180. https://doi.org/10.60027/ijsasr.2024.4854

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