The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of strategic thinking on human resource (HR) development in Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The study was applied concerning the purpose and descriptive-correlational considering data collection method. The population was all employees of BNPP – 496 people. According to Cochran formula, 216 subjects were selected the samples. We used simple random sampling method to select from the sample. The research tools were Goldman's Strategic Thinking Questionnaire (2005) and Nickerson and Eirby's Human Recourse Development Questionnaire (1998) whose validity was confirmed by the relevant professors and reliability coefficients were 0.89 and 0.79, respectively. The results of the correlation coefficient test and regression analysis showed that strategic thinking affects HR development. Moreover, there was a significant relationship between systemic thinking, conceptual thinking, intelligent opportunism and futurism with the development of HRs at the level of 0.05 with confidence level of 0.95. The results showed that as the strategic thinking increases in the employees so does HR development, which leads to the success and development of the organization.
