The article identifies strategizing as a core process of strategic management. It contends that strategizing should be more than strategic planning and therefore needs strategic thinking which is systems thinking foremost. Four streams of influence on strategic thinking are discussed based on insights from strategy research. Furthermore, the article concentrates on two aspects of strategizing: ...

The aim of this study is to assess the status of strategic thinking among directors of private sport clubs in Shiraz city based on Goldman model. The methodology used here is descriptive-analytic and data are collected through literature studies and survey. The target population of the study included all private sport clubs offering more than three types of sports (90 clubs) and the samplin...

The aim of this study is to assess the status of strategic thinking among directors of private sport clubs in Shiraz city based on Goldman model. The methodology used here is descriptive-analytic and data are collected through literature studies and survey. The target population of the study included all private sport clubs offering more than three types of sports (90 clubs) and the samplin...

Market analysts and marketing strategists stress understanding the fundamental dynamics of a market but how deeply do they think about the interplay of such fundamentals and what frameworks do they use in such thinking? How do business schools teach managers to think this way? The premise of this paper is that in their strategizing, senior marketing executives, boards of directors, consultants ...

in today's business environment, complex changes and non-linear and discontinuous changes impossible to predict the future and has forced organizations, to comply with changed. in these volatile times, strategic thinking can be the way to survive. strategic thinking is a specific activity that aims to discover creative and innovative strategies that can be played by that rule changes and a...