Investigating the effect of alignment between portfolios management and the strategy of the organization on portfolios success in an oil & gas company

Saeed Soltani Motlagh; Majid Sabzeh Parvar; Nikta Shadmehri; Majid Khalili

Saeed Soltani Motlagh Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
Majid Sabzeh Parvar Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
Nikta Shadmehri Department of management, Allameh Tabataba'i university, Tehran, Iran
Majid Khalili Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Keywords: Strategy of the Organization, Alignment, Portfolios Management, Portfolios Success, Realization of Organization Benefits, Project Management.

Abstract

The aim of this study was the effect of alignment between portfolios management and strategy of the organization on portfolios success in Iranian Oil & Gas Company. This study was applied and correlational. In the first phase, using previous literature and interviewing the elites, the indicators were identified then proposed a questionnaire, the validity of which was confirmed using experts’ ideas as well as convergent validity and the reliability of questionnaires was obtained as 0.81 using Cronbach’s alpha. In the next phase, to test model and investigate the alignment status of research statistical population that is the company, 99 managers and employees were selected as sample. To analyze data, structural equation test through PLS software was used. The results showed that:
1-Strategic alignment of portfolios and the strategy of organization affects the portfolio’s success positively and has a significant relationship with it.
2-Strategic alignment of portfolios and the strategy of organization affects the realization of organization benefits positively and has a significant relationship with it.

3-The portfolios success aff ects the realization of organization benefits positively and has a significant relationship with it.

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Author Biographies

Saeed Soltani Motlagh, Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Majid Sabzeh Parvar, Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Nikta Shadmehri, Department of management, Allameh Tabataba'i university, Tehran, Iran

Department of management, Allameh Tabataba'i university, Tehran, Iran

Majid Khalili, Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Department of Industrial Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

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