The Relationship between Strategic Thinking and Organizational Innovation (Case Study: Golrang Industrial Holdings)

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between strategic thinking and organizational innovation in Industrial group subsidiary companies of Golrang. The type of this study was applied research and the method of descriptive-survey was used to examina the distribution of population. This study according to data collection in time was cross-sectional study and based on the relationship between the variables was correlation research. To collect data, two questionnaires were used, one is in strategic thinking and the other is organizational innovation. Questionnaire was approved in terms of both formal and substantive through consultation with experts and professors and advisors and finally questionnaire was prepared and edited. Statistical population of research was including450 people of managers in active companies of Golrang, which 90 of them were selected by Cochran formula and random sampling. The elements of organizational innovation in this study are included: technological capability of the organization, strategic communication, focusing on customer's demands, the basic organizational competencies, market orientation of the company, organization learning capability. The results with 95% confidence show that there is a significant and positive relationship between strategic thinking and organizational innovation and there is a significant and positive relationship between the five elements of system thinking, Inter Focus, Intelligent Opportunism, Hypothesis Drive and Thinking in Time with organizational innovation.