Univrsity Of Tehran Press Journal of Business Management 2008-5907 8 2 2016 07 22 The Development of Culture - Strategy Matrix with Fuzzy Approach; a Case Study The Development of Culture - Strategy Matrix with Fuzzy Approach; a Case Study 433 460 52009 10.22059/jibm.2016.52009 FA Mahdi Mahmoudi 0000-0003-2570-5683 Mahdi Akbari Journal Article 2014 04 26 Correct management and qualitative strategic planning of relationships between strategy and culture as a strong lever for executable doing of strategies is vital. One of the most important instruments used in managing the relationships between strategy and culture is the culture-strategy matrix. But, the process of delineating a point and lack of strength of organizational culture and importance of strategy on the original culture-strategy matrix, are some deficiencies in terms of methodological that don’t display the ability of human thought, perfectly. Thus, this article attempts to development of culture-strategy matrix with fuzzy approach. In this study, in addition to, library research, interviews with experts and fuzzy screening approach were used. Accordingly, 6 cultural strategies for 16 scenarios of improved Culture-Strategy Matrix specified and confirmed and with fuzzy approach was specified a region on the matrix for a case study. The results of the presented methodology in a defense organization, according to the percentage of the rectangle in each zone, Presaged to extract and prioritize the more significant cultural strategies. Correct management and qualitative strategic planning of relationships between strategy and culture as a strong lever for executable doing of strategies is vital. One of the most important instruments used in managing the relationships between strategy and culture is the culture-strategy matrix. But, the process of delineating a point and lack of strength of organizational culture and importance of strategy on the original culture-strategy matrix, are some deficiencies in terms of methodological that don’t display the ability of human thought, perfectly. Thus, this article attempts to development of culture-strategy matrix with fuzzy approach. In this study, in addition to, library research, interviews with experts and fuzzy screening approach were used. Accordingly, 6 cultural strategies for 16 scenarios of improved Culture-Strategy Matrix specified and confirmed and with fuzzy approach was specified a region on the matrix for a case study. The results of the presented methodology in a defense organization, according to the percentage of the rectangle in each zone, Presaged to extract and prioritize the more significant cultural strategies. https://jibm.ut.ac.ir/article_52009_b55e77c94fe95a1dcad8727abc531920.pdf