Evaluating Strategic Thinking in Managers of Executive Organizations , Guilan

Sedigheh Shadfard; Reza Nazari; Zainab Gholizadeh

doi:10.12816/0003874

Article Details

Evaluating Strategic Thinking in Managers of Executive Organizations , Guilan

Authors:

Sedigheh Shadfard | Reza Nazari | Zainab Gholizadeh

Publisher:

National Library Singapore

Main Topics:

General management

Journal:

Singaporean Journal of Business, Economics and Management Studies 2013 vol.2 Issue 4, pp.83-91

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

44976

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

23013621

DOI:

10.12816/0003874

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Abstract:

 Problems and difficulties in organizations are going to be more complex, and solving themrequires more effective solutions. Strategic planning is not necessarily an applicable program,and overtime undergoes changes, and in some cases, instead of solving organizational problem,just relief it, and as a result of losing their effect will lead to greater problems. It seems thatrequirement of developing and implementing strategic planning in organization is presence ofstrategic thinking among managers, who develop program. This paper tries to evaluate strategicthinking within managers of Guilanian executive organizations through “Jeanne Liedtka” model.This model includes five main indicators, which are “System Perspective”, “Inter Focus”,“Hypothesis Drive”, “Intelligent Opportunism”, “Thinking in Time”; they have divided to 29sub-factors by contributing available resources and expert’s ideas; and through using surveydescriptivemethod the importance of factor and current status of each mentioned indicators haveeen evaluated by T-questionnaire of managers in Guilanian executive organizations. Analyzingresults by Friedman and paired test indicate that despite significant operations, such asdeveloping strategic documents in Guilan executive organizations, there is a significantdifferences between the importance of their main factors and current status in the organization,which paying attention them is inevitable.

Article Details

Evaluating Strategic Thinking in Managers of Executive Organizations , Guilan

Authors:

Sedigheh Shadfard | Reza Nazari | Zainab Gholizadeh

Publisher:

National Library Singapore

Main Topics:

General management

Journal:

Singaporean Journal of Business, Economics and Management Studies 2013 vol.2 Issue 4, pp.83-91

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

44976

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

23013621

DOI:

10.12816/0003874

Descriptors:

STRATEGIC PLANNING

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

WORK ENVIRONMENT

EXECUTIVES

ORGANIZATIONS

IRAN

Strategic Thinking; Intent-Focused

Thinking in Time

System Perspective

Intelligential Opportunism

Hypothesis Drive

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Sedigheh Shadfard | Reza Nazari | Zainab Gholizadeh

Publisher: National Library Singapore

Main Topics: General management

Journal: Singaporean Journal of Business, Economics and Management Studies 2013 vol.2 Issue 4, pp.83-91

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 11/2013

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 44976

Frequency: Monthly

pISSN: 23013621

DOI: 10.12816/0003874

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Sedigheh Shadfard | Reza Nazari | Zainab Gholizadeh

Publisher:

National Library Singapore

Main Topics:

General management

Journal:

Singaporean Journal of Business, Economics and Management Studies 2013 vol.2 Issue 4, pp.83-91

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

44976

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

23013621

DOI:

10.12816/0003874