The role of Strategic Thinking in Structural Complexity of an Organization

Subject Areas : Strategic Management Researches

hamidreza ghasemi ¹ , masoume feyzi ²

1 - arak univercity
2 - کارشناس ارشد مدیریت اجرایی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اراک

Received: 2015-04-07 Accepted : 2015-07-21 Published : 2016-02-20

Keywords: Structural Complexity, intentional, systematic approach, Strategic Thinking, hypothetical-Centered,

Abstract :

The strategic thinking is considered as the core of creating a competitive advantage in an environment that its feature is complexity of constant change. Nowadays strategic thinking is known as a trump card in various field of economic and social object. They have emphasized more on this point that senior managers must be equipped with an important tool which is called strategic thinking.This research investigates the role of strategic thinking in structural complexity, and effects of these factors to each others. Causative research has been done by means of questions including 50 questions and sample size of 327 in Hepco Company of Arak. Analysis of information has been carried out by multivariate regression equation and Structural equation. Common aspect of these two analyses can be considered as the main findings of this research. Findings showed that systematic approach, hypothetic-centered have had significant effect on vertical and horizontal separation. But components of intellectual opportunism and thinking over the time have not had significant effect on vertical and horizontal complexity.

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