Strategic Thinking at the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip: Management Viewpoint

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to investigate strategic thinking at the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) in the Gaza Strip. The research used descriptive analytical approach to pursue the study. Also stratified random sample was used. The research population was all employees in managerial positions working at the MoH. The study revealed that the MoH directors scored high in most dimensions of strategic thinking. The same applied to the correlations between strategic thinking on one side and culture and environment on the other side. This indicated that if the organization culture and environment were healthy strategic thinking increased and vise versa.  How the MoH environment was not supportive to strategic thinking. In addition, no significant differences were found in strategic thinking attributed to qualification, job position, previous experience or the place of residence. The research came up with some recommendations including, the MoH needs to build a supportive culture and environment to enhance level of strategic thinking among its management.