ANALYSIS OF THE SPORTS LEADERSHIP IN MEXICO. THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE RIGHT JOB POSITION?

Abstract

Introduction: There are multiple reasons that are important to the process of having competent and professional   managers and leaderships in sports organizations in Mexico; one of them is that their effective management depends largely on the capacity, skills, competencies and knowledge that they possess.  The objective of the article is to present the profile of those in charge of directing the country's sports entities in the public, private and social sectors, highlighting two elements: studies and experience in the area as an ideal profile. Materials and method: in Mexico there is no academic research that details the profile of these leaders, what little there is comes from journalistic articles that deal with the topic. This study aims to fill this gap by analyzing the resumes and curricula of managers from the social sector, from private football, baseball and basketball entities and from the three levels of federal, state and Mexico City governments, considered the most important. of the country; This analysis used the exploratory technique of digital documentary review of the curricula to carry out a qualitative and quantitative description of the situation and obtained as a response low profiles in the public and private space and acceptable in the social one. The discussion goes through the relationship between a poor selection of leadership given the lack of adequate profiles and its consequence, mainly, in organizational achievements. Concluding in the need for the development of profiles in accordance with sports entities and a more rational selection of them