Designing an Organisational Strategic Planning Model in the Iranian Forensic Medicine Organisation

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• Nastaran Siahchehreh Soraki
• Mohammadreza Bagherzadeh
• Yousef Gholipour Kanaani
• Mojtaba Tabari

Department of Management, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran.

10.22067/jstinp.2025.90286.1124

Abstract

Strategic planning is one of the important and effective concepts that organisations have always paid attention to in order to survive, improve competitiveness, adapt to changing environmental conditions and finally provide better services. This issue requires close attention, especially considering the current conditions in important and influential organisations such as the Forensic Medicine Organisation. The purpose of this research is to explain the strategic planning model of the country's forensic medicine organisation through a futures research approach. The research method employed in this study is qualitative. The current research is career-oriented in its purpose and employs both qualitative and survey methodologies. The method of data collection was library studies and semi-structured interviews, and MAXQDA version 20 software was used for data analysis. The statistical population included 15 experts (directors, managers organisation, and supervisors of the organisation's human resource strategy projects, as well as business experts and academic experts in the field of management). The research findings showed that the strategic planning model Forensic Medicine Organisation includes organisational  factors, support factors, and individual factors. Organisational factors include cultural, structural, and process criteria. The support dimension includes motivation criteria, an extroverted management team, and a focused management team. Individual factors include interpersonal communication criteria, creativity, and general skills. The results of the research have also shown that strategic futures research operates at two levels of organisation and product employing two approaches: perception and prediction (interpretation). From the perspective of product innovation management, futures research is conducted at both the organisational and product levels. At both levels, environmental monitoring activities, data interpretation and learning are conducted separately.

Keywords

• Future research
• Strategic planning
• Forensic medicine
• Support
• Individual creativity

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