%0 Journal Article %T A study of managerial job system of open water swimming %A KHALIL SAMIRA %J Journal of Physical Education and Sport %D 2011 %I University of Pitesti %X Modern sports management plays a vital part in directing the sport organizations towards the ways ofprogress and development and treating the weakness points and increasing the efficacy of the strength points andincreasing the efficacy of the strength points whether in the championship sector or practice sector. Egypt isconsidered the first country that set up a union to organize the long distances swimming in estimation of theresults that were achieved by the Egyptian swimmers in this field. The sport unions are the link point betweenthe high formal authorities and the organizations of the base represented in the sport clubs. The researchernoticed the instability of the managerial and organizational positions in the swimming union that reflectednegatively on the number of swimmer and their national representation. It is noticed that the representation isonly one swimmer and the girls may not take part in these championships. The importance of this study isshown after the inclusion of the open water swimming in Beijing (2008) and the Olympiad included the openwater swimming for 10 km. for girls and men. The study sample consisted of (33) subjects among them (8)members of board of directors, (11) coaches, (71) administrators, (7) referees. Data were collected throughanalysis of the records and documents of the plans and results of open water swimming races local andinternational and the questionnaire that was prepared by the researcher and includes the axes of planningorganizing ¨C directing and controlling) and its phrases are (84) phrases, The most important results the nondecidingof the goals of the technical committee of the open water swimming, the few numbers of the swimmerswho are qualified for the national representation. There is a limited attention in preparing the youngsters. Theorganizational structure of the union is suitable to achieve the required cooperation. There is a big dysfunctionin the control system linked to the work of the technical committee of the open water swimming.Keywords: managerial job system, open water swimming.IntroductionThe modern sport management plays a vital part in directing the sport organizations and institutions inall their scopes and specializations towards progress and development, solving problems, treating the points ofweakness and limitations and increasing the points of efficacy and distinction whether it is in the championshipsector or practice sector because the management is always linked to deciding goal and how to reach them (Aly,2009) , Open water swimming is usually practiced in lakes, seas, rivers, %K managerial job system %K open water swimming %U http://www.efsupit.ro/images/stories/imgs/JPES/2011/1/microsoft%20word%20-%203%20macheta.pdf