A competency Model of the Organization's Strategy Consultant

Today, the use of strategy consultancy in most organizations is not a choice, but a necessity. Strategy consultants have irreplaceable role in the success of organizations. Competency and competency-based management has been considered widely in recent years. Despite this fact, less attention has been paid to competencies of strategy consultants. This study aims to discover the competencies, determine the relative importance of each competency and finally suggest a comprehensive competency model for strategy consultants. So a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) research was conducted. At the first stage (qualitative research) based on the data approach of Glaser grounded theory and through deep interviews with 21 experts in strategy consulting, 25 competencies of strategy consultants were identified. At the second stage (quantitative research), by fuzzy Dematel method, relative importance of these competencies and the relationships between them have been identified and finally a comprehensive model has been presented. Among the important results of this research is that at the level of main categories, personality competencies and at the level of sub-categories, management and organizational knowledge, strategic thinking, mindfulness and leading the leaders are of the highest importance and effectiveness

Analyze the evolution of strategy

Over the past seven decades, strategic management has been one of the most important areas of study for business schools, as well as practical areas for business and commerce around the world. At the same time, it has seen significant progress in terms of developing covered areas. In order to know what a strategy is, it is best to be more familiar with its evolution. The periods of evolution and growth of strategic management can be examined from different angles. In this paper, an attempt is made to examine the evolution of strategy. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and is of the type of library studies with a review approach. The evolution of this research includes the study of historical developmental periods of strategy, the course of space related to strategic research, the course of thinkers and their proposed theories, the time course of strategic management and course in research journals in this field, which is mentioned in detail in the article

Content analysis of Articles in «Management Studies in Development & Evolution Journal» During the 7-Year Period (2011-2018)

The journal of science and research of Management Studies (Improvement and Development) belong to Allameh Tabataba'i University In order to provide the latest theoretical and scientific findings on management focusing on the issues of evolution management.The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate the form and content of the articles in this Journal. The research method is qualitative and based on content analysis and a descriptive-analytical approach is used to describe and evaluate the content of the articles in the target community. The statistical population of this study, 163 articles published in the last 7 years from No: 63 (spring 2011) to No: 86 (winter 2018) is the «Management Studies in Development and Evolution Journal». In order to describe the objective and qualitative content of the concepts, systematically and in the form of 11 parameters has been done. The results of the thematic study show that the articles are categorized in 13 general topics and 55 sub-topics, among which the subject of organizational behavior was the most discussed topic in the papers with the remaining 41/20 percent. Also, the rate of participation of researchers was well evaluated, as 417 researchers contributed to the writing of 163 articles, while the participation of Tehran universities was higher. Investigating research methods showed that descriptive-applied articles, quantitative research method and questionnaire's tools were well-known techniques of researchers in this field