A Framework for Strategic Analysis in Dynamic and Complex Environments

Abstract

In the present paper, a comprehensive framework for the strategic analysis of dynamic and complex environments at micro/macro levels with a subjective/objective approach is presented. The research method used in this chapter incorporated the epistemological foundations of critical realism and complexity theory with an inductive-deductive approach. The research has been done quantitatively-qualitatively using Delphi panel and network of experts (n = 241) and AHP method for selecting dimensions. Based on the results extracted, this framework has been obtained from the two “micro-macro” and “objective-subjective” levels and the four fragmented dimensions of micro-objective, micro-subjective, macro-objective, and macro-subjective, with three levels of analysis, so that strategic issues and key challenges can be better recognized and the integrated scanning can be performed purposefully and intelligently by professional organizations consisting of multidisciplinary specialties.