The Role of Strategic Thinking in Transformational Leadership

Abstract

Today, as one of the main features of strategic thinking, organizational leaders raissed. This study aimed to analyze the role of transformational leadership in strategic thinking in firms of consulting engineers based in the area of energy. Strategic thinking based on Liedtka model (1998) and transformational leadership is also based on the Bass and avolio model (2000) has been studied. The purpose of this study is applicable and In terms of data collection methods, descriptive research survey. To achieve the goal of 315 experts, middle managers and senior managers of 16 compannies active in the energy sector in the فراوانی ry has been selected as the sample. To study the effects of structural equation modeling technique of variables and LISREL software was used. The results indicate that strategic thinking and its dimensions have a significant and direct effect of transformational leadership. "Intelligent Opportunism" has the greatest effect and "Thinking in Time" have the least effect on transformational leadership.

Keywords

• strategic thinking
• transformational leadership
• a firm of consulting engineers in the field of energy