Strategic thinking and its related factors in a medical science university in Iran.

Autor: Salavati S; Ph.D. Student of Health Policy, Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran., Veshareh EJ; Ph.D. of Health Services Management, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Management, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, Iran., Safari H; Ph.D. Student of Health Policy, Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran., Veysian A; M.Sc. of Executive Management, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran., Amirnezhad G; Ph.D. of Human Resource Management, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Electronic physician [Electron Physician] 2017 May 25; Vol. 9 (5), pp. 4332-4340. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 May 25 (Print Publication: 2017).
DOI: 10.19082/4332
Abstrakt: Background: Having strategic thinking is necessary in order to anticipate future changes and make strategic decisions. This study was carried out to assess the strategic thinking level in managers and personnel of Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Science (AJUMS) - a public university in Iran.
Methods: It was a cross-sectional and analytical study and all managers (50) as well as a sample of personnel (200) from AJUMS participated in it. A researcher-made questionnaire was used in order to measure four dimensions of strategic thinking, including system thinking, futurism, conceptual thinking, and intelligent opportunism along with demographic and organizational characteristics of respondents. Statistical analysis was done by Freedman ranking test, one-way ANOVA, and Independent-samples t-test in SPSS software version 16.
Results: Strategic thinking in managers (5.62±0.51) and personnel (5.22±0.4), was evaluated at a somewhat high level. The maximum score among strategic thinking dimensions in managers (5.62±0.42) and personnel (5.52±0.43) was related to conceptual thinking that was in "good" level. A significant relationship was seen between intelligent opportunism dimension with job location in managers and education degree in personnel (p≤0.005). Also, there was a significant relationship between future dimension in managers and personnel with education degrees (p≤0.005). There was a significant difference between managers and employees in future dimension (p=0.018).
Conclusion: It seems that the participants have acceptable strategic thinking levels, although there is still room for improvement. Therefore, considering the factors such as educational development of managers and personnel can be very useful in this regard.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest to be declared.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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