Author = Bayat, Roohallah

Developing the strategy creating phase in the strategic foresight process, based on the opinions of academic experts and experts in the industries active in the Tehran Stock Exchange

Volume 23, Issue 1, April 2019, Pages 99-122

moslem shirvani naghani; Roohallah Bayat; safar fazli; Ali asghar Pourezzat; taher rovshandel

Abstract Rapid and wide-ranging environmental changes have challenged traditional systems of strategy making, and strategic foresight has been increasingly welcomed by organizations due to flexibility against alternative futures. This research seeks to develop the process of creating strategic options in strategic foresight for organizations and is a developmental research in terms of purpose. The overall research method is qualitative. First, based on the analysis and interpretation of literature and research background, 19 requirements and steps were presented, to develop strategic options in strategic foresight. Then, with the help of Delphi technique, the validity of the list of provided items was tested. The second round of Delphi, confirmed the scientific and practical appropriateness of all items and their general goodness of fit. In the end, based on presented requirements and steps, the research suggested that managers consider the 26 types of integrated strategy options, presented in this study, in the process of creating strategy for their organizations.