The relationship between management skills and Effectiveness of management in Sport and Youth Affairs Departments in Semnan province

ABSTRACT: The current study has been conducted to study the relationship between management skills and Effectiveness of management in Sport and Youth Affairs in Semnan province using an expert point of view. The population for this study were all the managers and experts in Sport and Youth Affairs in Semnan province who were 124. All of them were chosen as the sample because of they were only 124 people. Data gathering tools were 2 self-made questionnaires. Management skills (?= 0.97) and Effectiveness (?= 0.95). To analyze the data Pierson Correlation Coefficient with P < 0.01 level of meaningfulness were used. The results of this study show that experts believe that there is a relationship between the three management skills with Effectiveness of management. The skills are prioritized for managers: Perceptual Skills r=0.99, Human Skills r=0.96, and Technical Skills r=0.95. So the importance and necessity of these skills and their use in management, especially Perceptual Skills as the most important one can do a lot in increasing Effectiveness of management.