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The purpose of this paper is to design a model to outline the structure of communities of practice (CoPs) corresponding to organizational context.

This research utilizes both descriptive and prescriptive approaches, as the authors are looking for a comprehensive relational model to deal with the problem of selecting suitable CoPs concerning organizational context. Thus, this study applies interviewing and fuzzy Delphi methods to explore the model.

The work provides a new and comprehensive relational model of CoPs and organizational variables affecting CoPs structure. In this model, three basic concepts of the literature were developed. First, the components concerning types of CoPs were identified and then the organizational variables related to CoPs were determined. Finally, the authors extracted the relationships between the organizational variables and the components of CoPs.

From a practical perspective, the relationships among the components concerning types of CoPs and the organizational variables may provide a model which can effectively guide firms how to promote, design and manage CoPs within organizational contexts.

The results of this study contribute to CoPs literature in terms of identification of two variables (CoPs components and organizational variables) to produce a matrix for the construction of a holistic CoPs model. The significant finding of this research is the guidance it provides for designing a relational model involving relations between organizational variables and CoPs components.

The purpose of this paper is to develop the strategy map (SM) of an Iranian automotive industry and the causal and effects relations of the SM’s variables though fourth generation of balanced scorecard (BSC) and fuzzy DEMATEL (decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory) technique.

This research has employed a fuzzy DEMATEL approach in order to find cause and effect relations. At first step, CSFs in Company A’s SM were determined. Then four experts’ views of Company A’s strategic planning department were gathered and calculated by fuzzy set theory.

Results showed the important role of customer perspective in supporting and achieving the organization’s vision which ultimately will lead to fulfillment of the financial objective of the company through satisfied customers. In other words, the dominant approach to logic of SM design in Company A and the obtained results from this research indicate, Company A can achieve strategic result with a more prominent role of customer and financial perspective, through employing the enabler perspective, i.e. learning and growth perspective.

Current study is limited to Iranian automotive industry. So, the strategic planning managers and future researchers shall consider their own company’s strategic structures for developing their SM.

To the best of knowledge of the authors, it is the first attempt, particularly in the context of Iran, aimed at using fourth generation of BSC and fuzzy DEMATEL technique in an automotive industry which led to the confirmation that these two approaches can jointly be employed for the identifying cause and effect relations in SM and clarification and easy understanding of it. This proposed research structure can be a suitable base for the development of SM in other companies.

The purpose of this paper is to design a method or process that relates dynamic environmental conditions with the strategic objectives present in a company’s strategy map, thereby allowing rapid analysis and the generation of new strategies that the company can adopt in a timely manner in order to maintain and/or improve its competitive position in the market.

One training session and three workshops were run involving the company staff. The intervention team reviewed and analyzed the results achieved and prepared the final presentation. Finally, they were asked to evaluate the intervention methodology with respect to usefulness and ease of use.

The developed methodology allows companies to obtain a broader vision of their future prospects. The executives’ participation in the process provided them a vision and understanding of the most relevant and sensitive variables of their environment.

The proposed methodology is easy to use. It provides a simple and agile mechanism to adapt the strategy of an organization to the changes in the market and environment.

This process will provide social benefit for the global community, from both a methodological perspective and a practical one, as it will provide a tool that will positively impact competitiveness and quality of life for workers and the wider community.

This paper allows the identification of the possible scenarios and their incorporation into a strategy map, which may help companies deal with the changes in their competitive environment. The strategy maps generated for each of the scenarios provide useful information with respect to presented events.

el objetivo de este documento es diseñar un método o proceso que relacione las condiciones ambientales dinámicas con los objetivos estratégicos presentes en el mapa estratégico de la empresa, permitiendo un análisis y la rápida generación de las nuevas estrategias que la empresa pueda adoptar de manera oportuna en para mantener y/o mejorar su posición competitiva en el mercado.

se realizó una sesión de capacitación y tres talleres en los que participó el personal de la empresa. El equipo de intervención revisó y analizó los resultados logrados y preparó la presentación final. Finalmente, se les pidió a los ejecutivos de las empresas intervenidas que evaluaran la metodología de intervención con respecto a la utilidad y facilidad de uso.

la metodología desarrollada permite a las empresas obtener una visión más amplia de sus perspectivas futuras. La participación de los ejecutivos en el proceso les proporcionó una visión y comprensión de las variables más relevantes y sensibles de su entorno.

la metodología propuesta es fácil de usar. Proporciona un mecanismo simple y ágil para adaptar la estrategia de una organización a los cambios en el mercado y el entorno.

este proceso proporcionará beneficios sociales para toda la comunidad, tanto desde una perspectiva metodológica como práctica, ya que proporcionará una herramienta que tendrá un impacto positivo en la competitividad y la calidad de vida de los trabajadores y la comunidad en general.

este documento permite identificar posibles escenarios y su incorporación en un mapa estratégico, lo que puede ayudar a las empresas a lidiar con los cambios en su entorno competitivo. Los mapas estratégicos generados para cada uno de los escenarios brindan información útil con respecto a los eventos presentados.