Mål eller kaos? - Muligheder og begrænsning i at indføre "performance management" i danske idrætsfaciliteter

Abstract

Mål eller kaos? Muligheder og begrænsninger i at indføre ‘performance management’ i danske idrætsfaciliteter (Pros and cons of implementing performance management in Danish sport facilities)

Many sport facilities in Denmark are heavily subsidised by city councils. But even though they drain the public purse, there has been little focus on performance management within this policy area. This article discusses the drawbacks and advantages of using different output indicators to measure how much sport facilities are used and how active the different user groups are. The analysis is primarily based on data collected in 56 multifunctional sport halls (800m2) in five Danish City Councils in the period from 2012-2014. The data indicates that different sports utilise the sport hall differently. For example, tennis has fewer users than dance and on average soccer use more of the ‘field of play’ than badminton. How such performance information is used depend on what the political aim of the sport facility is. On one side it makes it possible to prioritise between different user groups in order to increase how much of the facility is used and by how many. However, perverse effects are a risk and increased focus on for example number of users might decrease the level of physical activity. The analysis of this data is a first example of how indicators can be used to discuss the consequences of introducing performance management in the policy area of sport facilities.