saeid Sorkheh - Ph.D. Candidate of Sport Management, Shushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shushtar, Iran
Reza Shajie - Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Payam Noor University, Karaj, Iran
Shahram Alam - Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Humanities, Imam Khomeini Memorial Unit, Shahrari, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Nahid Shatab Bushehri - Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran

The present research aimed to study the role of strategic thinking in the productivity of the Ministry of Sports and Youth using structural equation and applied with the mixed research method combined with an exploratory approach. In the qualitative part, Strauss and Corbin method and in the quantitative part, the structural equation modeling method have been used. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part includes people with sport senior managements in the country, sport experts and policy makers, as well as sport management professors. The opinions of ۱۵ experts have been obtained during a semi-structured interview until reaching theoretical saturation in a completely Non-probability way by using goal oriented theoretical and snowball techniques. In the quantitative part, between five and ۱۰ samples were required for each item; Therefore, the statistical sample consisted of ۲۹۴ subjects. There were ۴۹ variables that were considered for the structural analysis of ۶ samples for each variable.The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview in the qualitative part and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative part. This research shows that the policies, solutions, programs and acts should be adjusted with a strategic approach, for fulfilling the awareness guidelines and with regard to the changes of the managers and human resources of the Ministry of Sports, towards constructing a collective memory it is recommended to establish a joint think tank between the human resources of the five current vice-chancellors of this ministry.

Strategic Thinking, Ministry of Sports and Youth, think tank