Research Article

Constructing Taipei City Sports Centre Performance Evaluation Model with Fuzzy MCDM Approach Based on Views of Managers

Table 2

Descriptions of the evaluation indices for sports centre.

Evaluation criteriaEvaluation subcriteriaDescriptions

Service prices (SP)Charging methods (SP1)Charge by times, monthly, quarterly, and yearly membership fee for courses and facilities rental.
Special discounts (SP2)Occasional marketing projects like coupons, free gifts, and anniversary discount for consumers.
Membership benefits (SP3)Members have birthday coupons, personal lockers, member publications, and free fitness coach lessons.
Ads and activities (SP4)Sports centre ads for sport games competition, public service activities, and health advocacy to match consumers’ needs and attention.

Site conditions (SC)Environment atmosphere (SC1)Sport centre creates health and sport atmosphere.
Professional facilities (SC2)Complete sports facilities and equipment.
Internal planning (SC3)Different sport facilities plan for suitable space.
Facilities safety (SC4)Regular facility safety inspection and monitoring of facility installations according to legal instructions.

Staff qualifies (SQ)Communication and coordination (SQ1)Staff should service and communicate with consumers quickly and correctly.
Professional skills (SQ2)Coach should have professional knowledge and instruction skills.
Service attitude (SQ3)Service staff (not including coach) should properly handle consumers’ complaints and provide best service satisfaction.

Sport products (SD)Sports types (SD1)Sport centre can provide sports type.
Sports features (SD2)Sport centre facilities have special features and attractions.
Renew plan (SD3)Sport centre facilities and lessons are periodically renewed.
Leisure facilities (SD4)Sport centre has leisure facilities such as a coffee shop, convenient store, message service, and kids’ playground.

Traffic conditions (TC)Transport facilities (TC1)Sport centre location can be reached by multiple public transportation modes.
Parking space (TC2)Plenty of parking space for customers’ cars and motorcycles.
Distance (TC3)The distance between customers’ homes or work places to sports centre.
Neighbourhoods (TC4)Sports centre is convenient to most neighbourhoods.

Operations management (OM)Management systems (QM1)Financial and operational departments have effective management systems to prevent financial crises or downtimes.
Safety maintenance (QM2)Consumers’ safety should be the first priority of centre management.
Business hours (QM3)Daily business hours from daytime (open) to night time (close).
Emergency response capabilities (QM4)Proper handling of emergency issues and regular emergency response practice.