تعيين رابطه مهارت تفكر استراتژيك و هوشهاي چندگانه (مبتني بر نظريه هوشهاي چندگانه هاوارد گاردنر) در بين مديران بازرگاني و فروش

Determining the Relationship between Strategic Thinking and Multiple Intelligences (Based on Howard Gardnerʹs MI Theory) among Sales and Business Managers

In todayʹs changing context, understanding the conditions and predicting the main processes are the only ways through which the organizations can improve their status among the competitors. Such a thing can be achieved solely by managers with high levels of strategic thinking. The purpose of the present research is supporting organizations in appointing managers with high levels of strategic thinking by employing multiple intelligences theory as a leading theory in considering individual differences so that these managers would definitely improve the organization status among their competitors. The research hypothesis was as follows: There is a significant relationship between strategic thinking and verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, bodily/kinesthetic, visual/spatial, musical/harmonic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal intelligences. The findings of the study showed a significant relationship between visual/spatial, logical/mathematical, interpersonal intelligences and strategic thinking.