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Strategic Thinking Assessment Models: A Critical and Systematic Review | ||
| پژوهشهای مدیریت منابع انسانی | ||
| Volume 17, Issue 1 - Serial Number 59, June 2025, Pages 175-229 PDF (1.24 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| Authors | ||
| salar hadidi* 1; Mohammad Abooyee Ardakan1; Neda Mohammad Esmaeili2 | ||
| 1Department of Leadership and Human Capital, Faculty of Public Administration and Organizational Sciences, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran | ||
| 2, Department of Leadership and Human Capital, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran | ||
| Receive Date: 25 May 2024, Revise Date: 25 October 2024, Accept Date: 28 June 2025 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Today, designing and producing new products, entering new markets and responding to the new needs of customers in commercial and service organizations is only possible if the companies act correctly in formulating and implementing the strategy. Strategic thinking means the creative architecture of various business building elements to achieve a superior competitive position and ensure sustainability, is very important in today's world, but despite the increasing growth of researches in the field of strategic thinking, an agreed concept and a model that can be used as There is no guide for organizations to use in developing and measuring the ability of strategic thinking in senior managers and their network of business associates. The present article tries to summarize the previous researches in this field to provide an integrated view of the types of competency assessment models related to strategic thinking. Also, examining the historical course of the presented definitions of strategic thinking and dividing it into different sub-competences from the perspective of researchers is the secondary goal of the present study. The research method was using the systematic review model of Pettigrew and Roberts (2008) and during that study and review of 41 articles from internal and external sources and their classification according to the objectives and the role of strategic thinking assessment during research. The results of the research, considering the place of behavior and its measurement strategies in psychology, which can be an index for summarizing and analyzing the types of models and tools for measuring strategic thinking | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Strategic thinking; competency; strategic thinking assessment; behavior | ||
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