Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate change processes of sports administration organizations and the policies of the Central Government of the Republic of China (1911-2013). The study applies documentary analysis, and is supplemented by a historical analysis of events and a discussion concerning organizational change theory. The results were as follows: since the military era (1911-1927), the central sports administration organizational change process of ROC, lacked an established sports administrative organization; the Ministry of Education, Physical Education Committee was operational between 1928-1948; the National Physical Education Committee was operational between 1949-1972; the Department of Physical Education was operational between 1973-1997; and the Sports Council of the Executive Yuan, which established in 1998, merged with the Ministry of Education, Sports Administration in 2013 after changes initiated by the government. These changes illustrate the involvement of sport administration organizations in the development of policy. Further, the changes to sports organizations were the result of policy changes and were also the principal factors affecting sports policy. Taking these sports administrative organization and policy roles in the process of change, indicating the central sports administration organizational change of ROC, primarily due to the Specification of policy environmental and national policy requirements domination, the changes can be classified as echoing national policy, a paradigm shift, functional differentiation and policy adjustment, four modes of change in response to the prevailing national policies and social needs. In conclusion, the change processes of sport administration organizations and the policy role of the ROC involved adapting institutional environments, adjusting organizations at both their core and periphery, and changing organizational capabilities and policy functions to echo national policies and social demands. Ensuring the changes were in line with national policies and social needs were the main reasons behind instigating such changes.