Relationship of Managers' Thinking Patterns According to Herman's Brain Division by Selected Organizational Adaptation Strategies

Abstract

The research aims , through field work, at diagnosing the managers' patterns of thinking that prevail in the light Industries Company in accordance with Herman's division of the brain at thinking and its relationship to their choice of the kind of adaptation strategy when dealing with the environment . The questionnaire was used as a tool to collect information and data from a sample of (23) directors, and the answers given were analyzed using Spearman's correlation coefficient of ranks, the mean, the standard deviation and the percentage. The result were:1.The prevalence of both , the objective thinking and the executive thinking patterns with the research sample.2.A strong relationship between the prevailing patterns mentioned above and all of the adaptation strategies analyzed and used by the research her.The study presented a number of recommendations, the most important of which is the necessity to use Herman's tool to diagnose the manager's pattern of thinking prevailing now and in the future. The paper also stresses the involvement of managers in creative thinking courses to earn the organization high adaptation capabilities.