Identify and rank cognitive errors related to the dimensions of strategic thinking

Today, not only is the world and the external environment evolving, but also the economies and markets of developing countries. Under these circumstances, many past opportunities are lost and new ones are created. Lack of strategic thinking in senior executives of companies and government organizations in developing countries deprives these organizations of taking advantage of new opportunities. Therefore, equipping senior managers with a strategic approach seems necessary and even vital. On the other hand, in developing countries, for reasons such as privatization and readiness to join the WTO, there is a growing sense of the need to make effective use of strategic thinking. Therefore, fostering strategic thinking in managers as one of the key factors in the effectiveness of the strategic management process, needs more attention. The effectiveness and efficiency of thinking strategies depends on the study and pathology of research in this field. In the present study, in order to strengthen and cultivate strategic thinking, first identify and rank cognitive errors related to the dimensions of strategic thinking in order to plan to cultivate strategic thinking in managers after identifying related errors. With the help of the results of this research, first, the errors that exist in each dimension of strategic thinking were identified and ranked, the results of which are presented in the present study. The research method was confirmed by the questionnaire of the existence of error, its importance and frequency through the opinions of experts and eight errors by the dimensions of strategic thinking by experts. The results of this study showed that cognitive errors related to the dimensions of strategic thinking and to improve strategic thinking in the minds of managers, first necessary measures should be taken to reduce the cognitive errors of each manager, then strengthen strategic thinking in this area. The article identified and ranked high priority errors.