Effect of the Knowledge Acquisition on the Strategic Decision-Making of Industrial Units' Managers

Abstract

Is the knowledge acquisition related to the strategic and non-strategic decision-making of companies' managers? The explanation of answer for this question is the aim of this research.

Research Methodology

This research is based on the practical result, "explanatory" aim, "sectional" time, relationship among the variables of "correlation" and the method of survey. Population members of the research sample are 350 managers of companies established in the industrial towns of two Mazandaran and Golestan provinces. Instrument of the data collection is a questionnaire containing 54 questions in Likert range. The data analysis has been conducted by the techniques of descriptive and inferential statistics and Amos 22 and LISREL statistical software SPSS.

Results and Findings

Results of testing hypotheses and analyzing answer of the research questions shows that the knowledge acquisition has a positive and significant effect on the strategic decision-making (decision-making by the rational and intuitive styles), but hasn’t a significant effect on the non-strategic decision-making (decision-making by the dependent, instantaneous and avoidant styles).