The Impact of Strategic Thinking on Enhancing Organizational Flexibility: A Field Study at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

دراسه تطبيقيه في وزاره السياحه والاثار الاردنيه

Abstract

      Strategic thinking is considered a fundamental factor for enhancing organizational flexibility and achieving sustainability in institutions, especially in the public tourism sector in Jordan, which faces a constantly changing environment.

      This study aims to analyze the impact of strategic thinking with its various dimensions: (future vision, holistic perspective, systems thinking, exploiting smart opportunities, and hypothesis formulation) on enhancing organizational flexibility which includes structural flexibility, operational flexibility, and human resources flexibility. The study adopted the descriptive analytical method, where a questionnaire was developed and distributed to 207 employees in leadership and supervisory positions at the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Data analysis was performed to examine the effect between the study variables using linear regression analysis and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to test the hypotheses.

      The results showed that strategic thinking significantly contributes to enhancing organizational flexibility, with future vision and systems thinking emerging as some of the most influential factors. The results also demonstrated the importance of the holistic perspective and exploiting smart opportunities in building a proactive and adaptive capacity to effectively face challenges.