Strategic Management of Social Change in the Next Decade Based on National Objectives and Interests, Presenting a Model

Social changes are the signs of continuous social mobility and complexity of the environment. From the strategic management perspective, these changes, caused by internal and external environments, include a range of planned or unplanned activities inspired by natural trends and processes of human intelligent factors. This paper, a future-oriented approach, attempts to present a model for strategic management of social changes, using techniques of futures studies (environmental scanning and trend analysis) to envisage a clear picture of the realities and interactions of the strategic management processes and cycles which managers and decision makers encounter with. This study is based on a mixed model of individualism and collectivism methodology and survey to obtain and utilize elite's viewpoints by means of interviews and questionnaires to determine the direction and effectiveness of each factors and indicators affecting social changes in the next decade as well as strategic priorities and appropriate management approach for dealing with the social changes of the environment. The result of this study, based on local analysis of dynamic models and dynamic mechanisms of strategic management, elaborates on the importance of strategic thinking supremacy, focus on velayate- faghih, in strategic management of social changes in future.