Abstract
In the period from 2001 to 2009, a conscious effort was taken in Serbia on many occasions aimed at determining the ways of development of as many factors of the national sports system (NSS) and its associated environment as possible. The term "national mission of a sports visionary" in the title of this editorial indicates that the changes occurred thanks to the individual person. Using ex-post consideration of available material and through inductive reasoning, while striving to realize the vision of Predrag Manojlović, a scholar of progress and development in this field, the paper aimed at reaching conclusions about the professional and scientific foundation of changes in the NSS and the National Olympic Committee (NOC). In order to avoid a subjective approach to inferencing, the analyzed documents were compared with the results presented in periodicals of the same period in terms of their meaning, terminology, timeliness, action plans, etc. The results of this qualitative analysis should also be understood as a contribution to Olympic studies, namely to the subfield of thereof - Management of Olympic Development. While reflecting on Manojlović's work, numerous examples of good practice models have been identified, which, through analysis of their wider meaning, have been classified into clusters of an innovative approach to sports organization and management: (1) NOC and its development, (2) an Athlete, (3) NSS and its development, (4) Sports coach, (5) Sponsors and donors, (6) the Republic of Serbia, (7) the Society of the Republic of Serbia, (8) Human resources for sports of the 21st century, (9) Multisport competitions, (10) Olympic studies and competencies of a leader of Olympic development, (11) International cooperation and the agenda of sports developments in Europe. The singularity of Manojlović, as a leader, stems from his open-mindedness. As a leader of Olympic development, his qualities were especially spirituality, morality, education, intelligence, comradery. He was dedicated to his task and aspired for achieving excellence, he was also brave, innovative, resolute, fair, discerning, reasonable, and principled. In the area of his work, Predrag Manojlović was ''Aretes'' - a true Olympian, an exceptional man, and his achievements in the field of sports stand out in many ways.
Highlights
Perseverance in implementing the changes that Manojlović insisted on, first by directing the activities of the National Olympic Committee (NOC), and later of the national sports system (NSS), can be presented by “AGIL’s scheme”4 of Parson’s theories of action and developing of social systems” (Brdar, 2007)
Manojlović’s first step, seen through the AGIL scheme, led to the programmatic and effective harmonization of the NOC with the environment, which can be expressed by the term from the field of economy, or nowadays more often, IT- ’’merging’’
This primarily refers to the Sports Federation of Serbia (Territorial Sports Association) and its attempts at assuming formal and informal leadership over the entire sports system and the NOC itself
Summary
Сажетак У Србији су се, у периоду од 2001. до 2009. године одвијале многобројне, хотимичне активности са циљем да се одреде правци развоја што већег броја чинилаца националног система спорта (НСС) и његовог окружења. Године одвијале многобројне, хотимичне активности са циљем да се одреде правци развоја што већег броја чинилаца националног система спорта (НСС) и његовог окружења. Циљ рада је да се кроз рефлексију и ex-post елаборацију доступних документа, индуктивним током дође до закључака о стручном и научном утемељењу промена НСС и националног олимпијског комитета (НОК) кроз остварење визије Предрага Манојловић, ерудите за прогрес и развој. Века, (9) Мултиспортска такмичења, (10) Олимпијске студије и компетентности лидера олимпијског развоја, (11) Међународна сарадња и агенда европског спорта. Особеност Манојловића, као лидера, проистиче из његове просвећености. Карактерисале су га особена духовност, морал, образованост, мудрост, саборност. Предраг Манојловић је био Арете - Олимпијац - у простору свог деловања, изузетан и бољи од свега претходно учињеног. Кључне речи: ПРЕДРАГ МАНОЈЛОВИЋ / ЛИДЕРСТВО / ОЛИМПИЈСКЕ СТУДИЈЕ / ОЛИМПИЈСКИ РАЗВОЈ / НАЦИОНАЛНИ ОЛИМПИЈСКИ КОМИТЕТ / СРБИЈА
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