This study aims to make the strategic analysis and decisions of the executive bodies of the Portuguese Federation of Underwater Activities (PFUA) between the quadrennials 2003/2006 and 2007/2010. For this purpose we use the iconographic analysis model proposed by Correia (1999) which includes four dimensions (resources; strategic analysis; nature of decision and results) in which are used indicators that enabled us to reach measurable values. The sample consisted of 82 diving instructors who are stakeholders of this process. A questionnaire was applied in 2 times (start and end of each presidential cycle). The obtained results indicate a trend of fallibility of the decision-making process. This inability is due essentially to the fact that the process not be based on robust instruments. The goals of the strategy, even if achieved, would not have been in a sustained manner, leveraging conflicts, which mortgage clearly sedimentation of strategic lines.
Strategic analysis; Sports Management; Administration; Sports Federation
