Strategic thinking as an intermediate variable in enhancing the impact of strategic vigilance On strategic success

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Intermediate Variable ◽  
Strategic Success ◽  
The Impact

Party System

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaad Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Party System ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Intermediate Variable ◽  
Labour Market Flexibility ◽  
Labour Market Reforms ◽  
The Impact

The chapter discusses the party system in the macro context of politics. It highlights the limitations of political party and interest group analysis without reference to the political competition that shapes behaviour in politics. The chapter discusses theoretically the impact of party system on labour market flexibility and proceeds to show the interrelation between party competition and the behaviour of political parties, composition of socio-economic support bases, and the behaviour of interest groups that influence reform. In the context of labour market flexibility, the party-system operates as an intermediate variable facilitating reforms. The chapter contradicts the conventional notion that party system fragmentation impedes reform by showing how increasing party competition corresponds to greater labour market reforms. It shows that increases in the number of parties, facilitates labour market reforms through marginalization of the issue of labour, realignment of class interests within broader society and fragmentation of trade union movement.

Antecedents of strategic thinking and its impact on competitive advantage

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubham Dixit ◽  
Shiwangi Singh ◽  
Sanjay Dhir ◽  
Swati Dhir
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Modelling Methodology ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This study aims to identify the antecedents of strategic thinking and its relationship with competitive advantage. Further, this study analyses the mediating effect of strategic thinking between its antecedents and competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach A self-reported questionnaire with 51 questions was floated among 220 professionals from various industries in India. The response was analysed using the partial least squares-structural equation modelling methodology using SmartPLS software. Findings The direct effect of creativity, corporate culture and knowledge management are established with strategic thinking, as well as a competitive advantage. Also, the study finds a significant relationship between strategic thinking and competitive advantage. The study finds no mediation (direct effect) in the case of creativity, corporate culture and knowledge management. Further, no mediation (no relationship) is found in the case of vision. Practical implications Business must start adopting strategic thinking practices in their decision-making process to create a competitive advantage. Further, the influence of corporate culture, creativity and knowledge management on strategic thinking highlights their importance. Originality/value The study establishes the impact of antecedents of strategic thinking on competitive advantage. The study highlights the importance of other factors along with strategic thinking for achieving competitive advantage.

Leadership in Rural Central American Villages

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
Yanira Oliveras-Ortiz ◽  
Wesley D. Hickey ◽  
Jennifer S. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Central America ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Central American ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Role Of The Principal

Educational leaders in rural schools across the world face distinctive challenges. In this chapter, the authors report the findings of two studies examined through narrative inquiry conducted in a Garifuna and Ketchi Mayan village in Central America. The case studies explore the role of the principal as a strategic leader to improve the education system, and the impact of these leaders in their communities. By sharing these stories, the authors illustrate the importance of strategic thinking, as well as both transformative and servant leadership to promote change.

scholarly journals The Impacts of Earnings Quality on Dividend Policy of Listed Enterprises in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 200
Author(s):  
Dau Hoang Hung ◽  
Dang Ngoc Hung ◽  
Nguyen Viet Ha ◽  
Vu Thi Thuy Van
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Earnings Persistence ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Intermediate Variable ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
The Impact

The paper examines the impact of earnings quality (EQ) on the dividend policy of enterprises in Vietnam. We consider the EQ in terms of multiple dimensions such as accruals quality, earnings persistence, revelance and timeliness of earning information. The study uses regression method according to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), with EQ as an intermediate variable, data collected at enterprises listed on the stock market in Vietnam in the period of 2010 - 2018, with 4541 observations. The research results have found that EQ has a positive influence on dividend policy on all aspects of EQ. The empirical research results are a useful basis to help enterprises improve EQ, thereby helping business in implementing appropriate dividend policy.

Investigating the Impact of Using Knowledge Management on Organisational Agility through Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Thinking

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950016
Author(s):  
Hossein Sayyadi Tooranloo ◽  
Sepideh Saghafi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Organisational Agility ◽  
Main Factor

Agility is a necessary condition, which is known as the main factor for the success of corporations to compete. In this sense, organisations have to determine their strategic priorities and accordingly develop and implement appropriate strategies in order to preserve their growth and survival. Meanwhile, managers play an important role in the process of strategic planning and making decisions related to their way of thinking. In addition, the existence of competitive intelligence plan for organisations has a striking role to optimally use the existing opportunities and using knowledge management (KM) in the organisation provides a platform to do so. This work aims to study the impact of using knowledge management on organisational agility as a case study in the ceramic and tile industry of the provinces of Yazd and Kerman. The data was collected using questionnaires. The structural equation modelling was used to analyse the research hypotheses using LISREL software. The results of the study showed that knowledge management application has a positive and significant effect on agility through using competitive intelligence and strategic thinking.

scholarly journals The Effect of Contraceptive Practice on Fertility in Ghana: A Decade of Experience

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwame Boadu
Keyword(s):  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Intermediate Variable ◽  
Path Models ◽  
Moderate Effect ◽  
Religion And Ethnicity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Contraceptive Practice ◽  
Effect Of Age

This study examines some factors that influence fertility behaviour in Ghana, with particular emphasis on the influence of contraception as an intermediate variable. The decade examined covers the period 1988 to 1998 and the factors analyzed are age, residence, education, religion and ethnicity. Employing multivariate regression analysis and path models, the study observes that among all the factors, age is the only variable that6 has a moderate effect on fertility. Also of significant interest is that the positive influence of contraceptive use on fertility in 1988 is reversed in 1998. The study notes that given the non—significant effects obtained save the moderate effect of age, it is not possible to draw a definitive conclusion regarding the impact that any of these factors might have contributed to the observed reduction in fertility during the period. In light of this, the study recommends that more effort would be required if fertility is to be reduced substantially. Nonetheless, the reversal in the effect of contraceptive use between the two periods is seen as encouraging.

scholarly journals Analyze the Relationship between Public relations and Knowledge sharing and their Impact on achieving Excellence Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Mahabat Noori Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
Intermediate Variable ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The research sought to test the relationship between the dimensions of public relations and represented (trust, commitment and satisfaction) as an independent variable and knowledge sharing as an intermediate variable through its dimensions (individual dimension, organizational dimension and technological dimension) and to know the impact of that relationship on achieving Excellence Performance as an approved variable, and within that framework Is it necessary to answer a basic question that is there a relationship and influence between public relations, knowledge sharing, and outstanding performance? For this purpose, private sector banks were chosen in the city of Erbil. The study sample included a group of managers of private sector banks in the city of Erbil, who numbered (92) managers.   The research adopted the descriptive analytical method. The questionnaire promised the main tool for collecting the required data, which was analyzed by adopting the statistical software (pct v.25 SPSS). The research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is the existence of a relationship and an effect of public relations in knowledge sharing, which has proven its direct impact on Excellence Performance. Keywords: public relations, - knowledge sharing, Excellence Performance.

scholarly journals The Intermediate Role of Organizational Flexibility in the Impact of Using Information Technology on the Efficiency of the Application of IT Governance in Jordanian Industrial Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Hamzeh Mohamed Al-Hawamdeh
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
It Governance ◽  
Organizational Flexibility ◽  
Intermediate Variable ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intermediate Role

The current study aimed to identify the intermediate role of organizational flexibility in the impact of using information technology on the efficiency of the application of IT governance in Jordanian industrial companies, the study population consisted of all Jordanian industrial companies which by the end of 2019 were (56) company. (23) company were excluded due to the lack of access to the necessary data for the study, bringing the study sample size to (33) company. Due to the small size of the study sample, all companies were taken with a comprehensive survey, and a random stratified sample was adopted to determine the size of the study sample in each company. Where the inspection unit included individuals working in the upper and middle administrative levels in Jordanian industrial companies. Multiple linear correlation test was used along with simple and gradient test , as well as Path Analysis using (Amos) And supported by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program, the study reached many results, the most important of which was an indirect impact of the dimensions of the use of (information technology) combined ; in the efficiency of the application of IT governance with the presence of organizational flexibility as an intermediate variable among Jordanian industrial companies, as for the recommendations, it is necessary to find an organizational consistency between the uses of information technology in light of the use of COBIT 5 applications and guidelines in the presence of organizational flexibility, because it will help to adapt to unexpected crises and invest Opportunities for industrial companies at the local and global levels.

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