فصلنامه علوم مدیریت ایران
پیاپی 65 (بهار 1401)

Today, due to the rapid advances in science and technology, the ever-changing needs and demands of customers, the environment of organizations has become more dynamic, uncertain and complex. In fact, these changes have led to an era called uncertainty. To cope with uncertainty and shape uncertain environments, researchers generally agree that organizations need dynamic capabilities. However, limited studies have been conducted to develop these capabilities so far. This study addresses this gap and introduces strategic foresight as an important antecedent for the development of dynamic capabilities and formulating long-term strategies and policies in conditions of environmental uncertainty. The present study is descriptive from purpose dimension, applied from audience dimension  and in terms of data collection method, is correlation. The unit of analysis and the statistical population in the study are the Management and planning organizations of the country’s provinces, which were selected on a simple random sampling method. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and Smart PLS software. The results indicate that strategic foresight capabilities have a significant role in promoting and improving strategic flexibility, decision rationality and ambidexterity. In addition, the findings confirmed the moderating role of environmental uncertainty in relationship between strategic foresight and the mentioned dynamic capabilities. The study also found that the strategic foresight is the basic antecedent of dynamic capabilities and is one of the most effective fields of study for policy-making, dealing with uncertainties and the resulting challenges in organizations.

Apart from formulation step, effective implementation of public policies is a challenging phase in the public policy making process. So, several models have been developed to implement public policies in a way to achieve the highest success rate. Also, the management of opportunities and challenges play important role for achieving success in policy implementation step. In addition, the time interval between formulation and implementation phases creates a gap that can change policy goals. Continuous changes in implementation variables may cause this step encounter a high degree of uncertainty and complexity. These uncertainty and complexity require public policies being implemented intelligently and insightful. The ability to recognize possible changes needs appropriate plans for successful implementation stage of public policies. The purpose of this study is to design an organizational intelligence implementation model. In this qualitative research, we collected data by using semi-interviews with 12 academics and experts who were selected by judgmental sampling approach. Findings indicate that the model embrace 5 dimensions that covers causal factors, implementation context, intervention conditions, strategies and outcomes.

Entrepreneurships is one of the main drivers of the economy, which is affected both by individuals’ characteristics and the surrounding environment. Accumulating of the two factors results in a situation in which leads people to develop their creative ideas and entrepreneurship intention. On this basis, the purpose of the study is to identify and explain the impact of entrepreneurial ecosystem on entrepreneurial intention with the mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, alertness and passion. This research is an applied one from the audience dimension, descriptive from purpose dimension and cross sectional in terms of time. Its method from data collection dimension ,is correlational-causal research. The statistical population of the study was graduate students, job seekers, educated soldiers and better job seekers in Ahvaz city, in which a total of 413 people were considered as a sample. The data were collected based on a questionnaire by random sampling. Structural equation modeling using partial least squares method in Smart PLS software version 3.3.3 was used to analyze the data. Findings show that the entrepreneurial ecosystem has a significant positive effect on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, alertness and passion and the three contracts have significant positive effect on entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, the mediation role of entrepreneurial passion and alertness in the relationship between ecosystem and entrepreneurial self-efficacy was confirmed. Finally, entrepreneurial self-efficacy has a significant mediating role in the relationships among entrepreneurial passion and alertness with entrepreneurial intention.

Assessing the supply chain performance of companies active in the oil and gas industry, has diverse positive functions in areas of performance improvement, optimal resource management, identifying strategies to address challenges and weaknesses in the current supply chain and sustainable development of these companies. Due to the lack of adequate research and existing knowledge gaps on this subject, this study is aimed at presenting a model for evaluating the LARG supply chain performance in the oil and gas industry. By reviewing the literature and using semi-structured interviews with 15 executives and university experts who were selected by the snowball sampling approach, we collected the initial data on indicators. We also, distributed a Delphi Fuzzy questionnaire, to gather data on the LARG supply chain management practices and actions. In this study, we utilized the fuzzy hierarchical analysis process in order to identify the weight of each of the practices and prioritize them accordingly. We simulated the model of the LARG supply chain and its performance evaluation measures to find the effect of LARG supply chain management practices in oil and gas industry.  Using the system dynamics approach, the effect of the LARG supply chain management on the performance of oil and gas industry was tested. The results show that the practices of risk management culture, advanced resource planning, ISO 14001 certification and the long-term market vision are convergent in the oil and gas LARG supply chain and strengthen the performance of the chain. The LARG supply chain, the supply chain redesign and adopting measures in accordance with the proposed model, significantly improve supply chain performance.

Today, excessive waste generation, severe resource scarcity and environmental damages are serious problems of current business models. Designing circular business models is not only a good solution to these problems, but also a good opportunity to gain a competitive advantage and achieve economic benefits. The purpose of this study was to comprehensively identify the building blocks of circular business models and provide a framework for the circular business models. We used the Sandelowski  and Barros  7-step meta-synthesis method to identify the building blocks of circular business models and the thematic analysis to analyze  and combine the findings. Based on the findings of the study, the building blocks of the circular business model are classified into 3 main categories, 9 sub-categories and 40 final codes. In addition, our design options has introduced the practical instances to be used  for implementing the circular business models. Also, the proposed canvas of the research can be applied as a facilitator tool to lead the way that the professionals and managers design circular business models in   organizations.

The present study is aimed at determining the effects of leader’s communication styles on tendency to change through understanding effective inter-organizational conveyance and readiness for change. This research is a descriptive-correlation study from purpose dimension and  applied from audience dimension.. The statistical population of the study was 374 employees of the  Refah Bank branches at city of Isfahan. According to the Cochran formula, 270 of them were selected through stratified sampling. We collected data from archival research three questionnaires. Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the viewpoints of professors and experts in   organizational behavior and management disiplines. The face validity of questonnairs was confirmed by the several members of the statistical community. The reliability of the questionnaires was measured by the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. For analysis of the data and test the hypothesis, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method in Warp PLS software were used. Results show that, the assertive style had a positive effect on perceptions of effective communication and readiness for change. However, aggressive, passive, and aggressive-passive communication styles had a negative impact on perceptions of effective communication as well as readiness to change. Also, results of structural equation modeling, confirmed the mediating role of understanding effective inter-organizational conveyance and readiness for change between leader’s communication styles and the tendency to change at 99% confidence level.. In order to investigate the fit of the research model, Fit indices were used.