Strategic thinking as a factor of sustainable development of the organization

¹ Ufa State Aviation Technical University, K. Marx str., 12, 450008 Ufa, Russia
² Institute of Social and Economic Researches, separate structural unit of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution of the Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Science, Ave. October, 54, 450054 Ufa, Russia
³ Bashkir State University, Z. Validi str., 32, 450076 Ufa, Russia

^* Corresponding author: bicprof@mail.ru

Abstract

The article reveals the methodological foundations of the effective staff training and identifies the influence directions of organizational training on the strategic thinking formation. In the changing world in which crises become a natural phenomenon and the long-term planning is difficult, strategic thinking is actualized. Strategic thinking is based on the ability to interact with future, understand the changes and transform it into concrete strategic actions. Result of overcoming the crisis is determined by the ability of the company’s management to find the right balance between defensive strategies aimed at preserving the results of the past, and offensive strategies focused on using of the opportunities for development. The authors propose an understanding of strategic thinking as an actual activity of the subject of management, motivated by organizational needs and values, aimed at determining the general path of sustainable movement to the long-term goals taking into account the dynamism and uncertainty of the environment, the changing ratio of expected long-term benefits and costs; a system of competence indicators “strategic thinking” has been developed; the possibility of organizational training in the formation of such competence as strategic thinking has been substantiated.