Strategic Thought and Learning Orientation

Muhammed Kursad Timuroglu; Atilhan Naktiyok; Mehmet Emirhan Kula

Strategic Thought and Learning Orientation

Muhammed Kursad Timuroglu ¹, Atilhan Naktiyok ², Mehmet Emirhan Kula ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
2 Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
3 Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey

The purpose of this paper is to explain the relationship between strategic thought and learning orientation. Main components of strategic thought are determined, and elements of strategic thinking process and the components of learning orientation are explained within this context. The data were obtained from 260 business managers who are registered to KOBINET in Ankara province by using a face-to-face survey method. The effect of strategic thought on learning orientation has been theoretically explained. The proposed models in the paper were tested by using the structural equation modeling technique. It was found that strategic thought affects learning orientation and these findings confirmed the validity of the model.