Yaser  Madani, 
    Identifying and Ranking the Elements of Strategic Thinking in Iran Tax Affairs Organization,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 15,Issue 17,
    2020,
    Pages 3156-3160,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2020.3156.3160,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.3156.3160)
    Abstract: Importance of strategic planning has not
merely been in forecasting the future accurately but is in
responding to the future and this is possible through
continuous strategic thinking. This paper provides a
method of indentifying and ranking the elements of
strategic thinking in Iran tax affairs organization. In so
doing, it firstly determines four measurement criteria and
their weights, respectively via. Balanced Score Card
(BSC) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Then, the
preferential matrix of each of performance promotion
indicators was developed based on balanced score card
and having balanced the scores through VIKOR method,
strategies were ranked.
    Keywords: Strategic thinking;strategies ranking;strategy identification;AHP;BSC