Strategic Planning for Veterans Sports in Mazandaran Province

SWOT hybrid outsourcing a Strategic planning is a key element for organizational excellence and an essential tool for organizational effectiveness. The aim of this study was to determine the strategic planning for veterans of Mazandaran province, Iran. This descriptive-survey research with strategic type was conducted in 2017 among 58 managers and deputies of the Martyr Foundation and Sacrifier Affairs in Mazandaran Province, Iran and the subsidiary cities; the samples were entered in the study by total count method. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of veterans of Mazandaran province. The data were analyzed by SWOT and QSPM, using descriptive statistics and the Friedman test. There were 17 strength points, 25 weakness points, 13 opportunities, and 19 threats in the field of veterans sporst in Mazandaran province; after analyzing them in the SWOT matrix, it was determined that the strategic position of veterans of Mazandaran province is in WT region, and based on the strategic analyses, the important strategic plans were programmed for developing veterans’ sports in this province.