The Effect of Strategic Thinking Components of Managers on their Learning from Organizational Errors in the Municipalities of West Azarbaijan Province
Subject Areas : Management
Rasoul Ranjbarian
1
,
Mahmood Reza Naeimi
2
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Management, Shahindezh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahindezh, Iran.
2 - Master of Public Management, Shahindezh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahindezh, Iran.
Keywords: West Azerbaijan, Municipality, Strategic thinking of Managers, Organizational Errors,
Abstract :
Strategic thinking with the community causes a better understanding of managers and employees of the organization, more communication, and interaction between employees and managers, and causes more productivity of employees. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of managers' strategic thinking components on their learning from organizational errors in the municipalities of West Azarbaijan province. In terms of the practical purpose, in terms of the data collection method, the present study is descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of the present study is mayors, and managers of various departments, including public service managers, security managers, motor park managers, and technical managers of municipalities of West Azarbaijan province. They formed in 2022, and their number is 186 people, and the sample size in the survey method based on Cochran's formula was 126 people. The data collection tool was standard questionnaires. Cronbach's alpha was used to check the reliability, so Cronbach's alpha coefficient for managers' strategic thinking variable and organizational errors was equal to 0.863 and 0.833, respectively; The reliability results for all dimensions were reported to be greater than 0.7. SPSS software was used for data analysis. The results of the hypotheses test showed that the strategic thinking of managers and the influence of its components have a significant effect on their learning from organizational errors in the municipalities of West Azarbaijan province.
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