Abstract:
In management research, especially in the field of strategic research strategic change is an important phenomenon which academics and researchers as well as businesses affirm its importance and necessity. This is necessary to maintain the competitive advantage and long-term organizational survival. One way to gain competitive advantage is to quickly adapt ourselves to environmental changes. Therefore, the present study seeks to design a strategic transformation model in hierarchical organizations with the Grounded theory approach. For this purpose, 21 experts from the field of strategic management in hierarchical organizations were selected and conducted a deep interview (non-structured) with them. Sampling was carried out using snowball technique. The results of data coding led to the identification of three categories, including strategic change antecedents, strategic change components and strategic change consequences. The results indicate that individual factors, organizational factors, and environmental factors are as the antecedents, Strategic Leadership, Strategic Renewal, Transition program codification, Structure reengineering and Modifying, Creating a shared vision, Systematic view, Successor, Creating Excellence Systems, Transparency, Establishing advanced monitoring systems and formulating psychological empowerment strategies as components of strategic transformation as well as organizational excellence, organization agility, Competitive capabilities and the growth of employees were identified as strategic change consequences.
Machine summary:
Designing a Strategic Transformation Model in Hierarchical Organizations: A Grounded Theory Approach Grounded Theory ∗ Farzad Esmaeili Salomohalleh 1 ∗∗ Asadollah Kordnaeej 2 ∗∗∗ Seyyed Hamid Khodadad Hosseini 3 ∗∗∗∗ Adel Azar 4 Received Date: 2019/04/29 Acceptance Date: 2019/08/31 Abstract In management research, especially strategic research, strategic transformation holds great importance.
Therefore, the present research seeks to design a strategic transformation model in hierarchical organizations using Glaser's grounded theory approach.
The results indicate that individual factors, organizational factors, and extra-organizational (environmental) factors serve as antecedents; strategic leadership, strategic renewal, planning formulation, adjustment and re-engineering of structures, creating a shared vision, promoting a systemic view, succession planning, establishing excellence systems, information clarification, establishing advanced monitoring systems, and formulating psychological empowerment strategies serve as the components of strategic transformation, as well as organizational excellence, organizational agility, competitiveness capabilities, and employee flourishing were identified as consequences of strategic transformation.
Helpap and BekmeierFeuerhahn Hierarchical Organizations In today's volatile and changing environment, managers must continuously adapt their organizational structure to environmental conditions and implement necessary reforms.
Hamidizadeh and Asoudeh PF1 (1395), in their research "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Organizational Strategic Transformation of the National Iranian Drilling Company to Enhance Competitive Advantage," concluded that strategic transformation (strategy content, changes in the organization's relationship with the external environment, and organizational structures) has a positive impact on competitive advantage (entrepreneurial capability, technical capability, organizational capability, and strategic capability).
Strategic transformation model in hierarchical organizations (Source: Research findings Credibility: Credibility indicates the extent to which the result obtained from the grounded theory method conforms to the mental structure of the interviewee regarding the phenomenon under investigation.
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