List of Articles Thinking Strategies

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  1 - Developing a Comprehensive Model of Strategic Thinking as an Organizational Competency for the NIGC (Iranian National Gas Co.)
  nima rahmani mirza hassn Hosseini mohammad Mahmudi Meymand mohammad taghi amini
  Background: Studies of the last two decades in the field of strategic thinking have been developed in two branches of psychology and management. Researchers have recently proposed a hybrid approach that has led to the development of an organizational competency. Object More

  Background: Studies of the last two decades in the field of strategic thinking have been developed in two branches of psychology and management. Researchers have recently proposed a hybrid approach that has led to the development of an organizational competency. Objective: the purpose of this study was to develop a comprehensive and process model of strategic thinking for the Iran National Gas Company`s mangers, in accordance with synthesizing the recent studies, as an organizational competency which separated in two dimensions of content and strategies with the aim of developing its components as well as identifying and explaining the unique requesting factors, the underlying factors on both the individual and organizational levels and the expected outcomes. Methods: the research plan was an exploratory combination which through qualitative strategies (Grounded Theory and meta-synthesis), primary conceptual model was obtained. Then, through a quantitative strategy (survey), model was tested. In the qualitative section, a targeted sampling method, a semi-structured interview with managers of strategic level, as well as a taking notes of the company's documents, were applied. In quantitative section, based on vizenry rule, the number and member of sample were determined. The number of sample was determined based on the Vinzi`s rule and STQv6 test. Data was collected by using an electronic questionnaire. Findings: the requirements including environmental, organizational and value as requesting factors, the visionary manager and the corporate entrepreneurship as the underlying factors, the content dimension of strategic thinking, including 5 methods of divergent thinking, strategies include 6 ways of thinking, the target and expected outcomes including 4 organizational capabilities, in whole, form the strategic thinking model. Results: strategic thinking, should be used as an organizational competency focused on the organizational goals and in accordance with environmental requirement to optimally develop organization's capabilities. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Recognizing Stalactites and Stalagmites of ELT Vodcasting in Teacher Education Based on Activity Theory and Visual Thinking Strategies
  Pantea Hashtroodi Massood Yazdani Moghaddam Mohammad Khatib
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  3 - Designing and Explaining the Content and Strategic Elements of the Strategic Thinking Competency Model (Case Study: the National Iranian Gas Company)
  mirzahasan hosseini Mohammad Mahmoodi Meymand Mohammad Taghi Amini nima rahmani
  Strategic thinking studies have been developed over the past two decades mainly in two branches of psychology and management. Late researchers have proposed a hybrid approach that has led to the development of an organizational competency. To this end, the purpose of th More

  Strategic thinking studies have been developed over the past two decades mainly in two branches of psychology and management. Late researchers have proposed a hybrid approach that has led to the development of an organizational competency. To this end, the purpose of this study was to develop a process model of strategic thinking as an organizational competency and in terms of two dimensions of content and strategy for managers of Gas Company, as its content and strategic elements, based on environmental requirements and the underlying factors. This research was carried out within the framework of a qualitative approach that was explained through the Grounded Theory and coding of the meta-synthesis of elements and components of the competence of strategic thinking. To this end, data was collected using a targeted sampling method and semi-structured interviews with experts as well as a snapshot of documents. Then, concepts and effective categories were extracted through theoretical coding with a systematic approach, as well as meta-synthesis questionnaires. Consequently, a general proposition that expresses the conceptual and generalized relationships between the components of the model of competence of strategic thinking is presented. The findings showed that the content dimension (central category) of strategic thinking, which was named as insight, includes five divergent ways of thinking that aim to produce creative and effective strategic options. And thinking strategies, which include six convergent and goal-oriented ways of thinking, select effective strategic options with an analytical approach. Also, the content dimension of strategic thinking (insight) is necessary in response to environmental requirements and through thinking strategies, develops organizational capabilities in accordance with environmental requirements. Manuscript profile