Strategic thinking, the necessity of present managers of Iran

Regarding the complex conditions and changes in running organizations and increased competition among organizations and business enterprises, managers are bound to using strategic thinking for achieving goals and development of their organizations. Regarding this matter that Iran takes steps toward development and industrialization, so managers of Iranian organizations also face the same challenges and Strategic thinking is evident and essential for them. The information of this descriptive and overview paper have been collected using documented studies and electronic resources. The main goal of this paper is the importance of creating and establishing Strategic thinking and vision for managers of organizations and business enterprise in Iran. In this paper after expressing the importance and necessity of Strategic thinking and concept and review the literature of Strategic thinking we have discussed the comparison of Strategic planning and thinking elements , the pattern of Strategic thinking in both individual and organizations levels and we also have provided principles for achieving Strategic thinking . The result of this paper showed that to achieve the Strategic thinking, managers should have multidimensional vision and thinking versus single vision to the organization and they also should have a proper concept of environment around the organization and analyze the internal and external factors and consider appropriate solutions to achieve the goals and perspectives of organizations.