The Effect of Strategic Intelligence on Enhancing the Performance of Higher Education Institutions: A Field Study of Mutah University
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Abstract
This study aims at identifying the effect of strategic intelligence on enhancing the performance of higher education institutions at Mutah University. Five aspects of strategic intelligence are examined including; future visioning, foresight, system thinking, partnership and motivation. Three aspects to institutional performance are also examined including; efficiency, effectiveness and continuity. A survey sample, which consisted of (177) academic leaders at Mutah University, was used to collect data using the descriptive and analytical approach. The study instrument includes (40) items covering the investigated variables. The results show that there is a high positive perception level of strategic intelligence among academic leaders at Mutah University. The leaders highly believe in the importance of future visioning, foresight, system thinking, partnership and motivation as the dynamics for the activation of strategic thinking. The results ensure a positive effect of strategic intelligence on institutional performance.
أثر الذكاء الاستراتيجي في تحسين أداء مؤسسات التعليم العالي:
دراسة ميدانية على جامعة مؤتة
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تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تحديد أثر الذكاء الإستراتيجي في تحسين أداء مؤسسات التعليم العالي في جامعة مؤتة. حيث تم قياس خمسة أبعاد للذكاء الاستراتيجي وتشمل: الرؤية المستقبلية، والاستشراف، وتفكير النظم، والشراكة، والدافعية، بالإضافة إلى ثلاثة أبعاد متعلقة بالأداء المؤسسي، وتشمل: الكفاءة، والفعالية، والاستمرارية. واعتمدت عينة المسح الشامل، والتي بلغ تعدادها (177) من القادة الأكاديميين في جامعة مؤتة. واستخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي من خلال استبانه تحتوي على (40) فقرة تم تطويرها لقياس المتغيرات قيد الدراسة. ومن خلال النتائج، تبين وجود مستوى عالٍ من الإدراك بأهمية الذكاء الاستراتيجي لدى القادة الأكاديميين في جامعة مؤتة، وأكدت النتائج من خلال عينة الدراسة وجود أثر إيجابي ذو دلالة إحصائية للذكاء الاستراتيجي في تحسين الأداء المؤسسي.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.35682/1663
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