The Role of Participative Leadership in Enhancing Strategic Foresight
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Participative Leadership (PI), Strategic Foresight (SF), General Directorate of Education of Rusafa I (GDER1)Abstract
Research diagnoses the role of Participative leadership in enhancing strategic foresight in the General Directorate of Education in the First Rusafa. To explain the influential relationships between the research variables and achieve the main objective of the research, a hypothetical model was developed in light of which a set of hypotheses were formulated. To test them, the researchers used the descriptive analytical approach to complete the research by using the questionnaire as a main tool for collecting data and information, which was distributed to the research sample, which included several managers (department manager and division officials) in the General Directorate of Education in the First Rusafa. The questionnaire data, which included 42 items, was collected and distributed to the research sample members, numbering 98 respondents. The data were analyzed according to several statistical methods (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and simple linear regression analysis) using the program SPSS V.23. The results showed that there is a significant and positive relationship and impact of Participative leadership in all its dimensions in enhancing strategic foresight.
In the same context, the importance of participative leadership emerges as a method linked to organizational performance and focusing on the intrinsic motivation of working individuals through independence, diversity, and respect for ideas, as they play a role in enhancing strategic foresight in investing in opportunities and facing the challenges facing organizations.
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