Introducing a Process-based Model for Strategic Foresight in Iranian Companies

Rapid and broad environmental changes have challenged traditional systems of planning and management, and strategic foresight systems are welcomed by companies ever-increasingly due to their flexibility in changing future alternatives. This research sought to provide a suitable model of strategic foresight for Iranian companies. The mixed-method approach was applied in this research. Using constant comparison analysis, the related surveyed literature and theoretical foundations, especially scientific articles in the last five years in the area of strategic management of Iranian companies, were analyzed and coded. The weaknesses and shortcomings of strategic management, and influential capabilities of strategic foresight that can cover those weaknesses, were prepared and listed. Then, the experts were asked to review and revise the list and propose a finalized list that suggests the framework and instructions of strategic foresight for Iranian companies. Finally, based on the finalized list, a process-based model of strategic foresight applicable for Iranian companies in order to develop and implement suitable strategies regarding the current unstable conditions, was introduced, validated, and verified.