Assessing Good Governance Practices in Komite Olimpiade Indonesia

Abstract

The research was designed to discover the level of good governance practices in Komite Olimpiade Indonesia (KOI), with the objective to assess the Organization's performance within the scope of existing frameworks by analyzing its performance to the relevance of Good Governance practices as National Olympic Committee. The research questions were developed in a way that first they measured the current good governance level of the Organization then investigate what area within KOI that needs to be improve in parallel of good governance theoretical framework and followed by a basic set of recommendations for good governance practices to be develop further by the National Federations or other interested stakeholders. Qualitative research method approach was identified as the appropriate research method and research was conducted accordingly. Document analysis was used to identify current level of good governance in KOI then continued by semi-structured interview in order to answer second research question, which identify to what extent the KOI needs to implement good governance in its organizational practices and followed by in-depth interview with the purpose of acquiring what actions should be taken to develop good governance practices within the Organization. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- not as bad as the author expected. Four from seven dimensions of good governance assessment tool, the Basic Indicators for Better Governance in Sport (BIBGIS), managed to score above average meaning only three dimensions that need the extra effort and the focus to improve its practices. The study identified the following best practices that could be adopted to promote and develop good governance in national sport system: to have clarity of purpose/objectives, to have code of ethics, to have a clear stakeholder identification and roles, to have democracy and minimum standards, to adopt delegation of task and utilize committees, to have a clear management system and procedures, to have judicial/disciplinary procedures, to have statutes, rules and regulations, to understand and implement accountability and transparency.