The impact of strategic management on organizational performance with the mediating role of strategic leadership: Evidence from institutions under the Iraqi Ministry of Science

Abstract

Since in organizations such as the Iraqi Ministry of Science, organizational complexity has grown more than managerial capabilities and the increase in domestic and foreign private educational organizations has created a lot of competition, it is necessary to explain a specific strategic framework in order to improve the performance of organizations subordinate to the Iraqi Ministry of Science. In this regard, this research will be conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of strategic management on organizational performance with the mediating role of strategic leadership: evidence from institutions subordinate to the Iraqi Ministry of Science. This research is in terms of development-applied strategy and descriptive-correlation type, and the collection of research information was from upstream documents using a library method and research data was collected using a standard questionnaire and in the field. The statistical population of this research includes all employees of institutions subordinate to the Iraqi Ministry of Science, which, according to the inquiry report from this ministry, is 2,200 people. According to the research method of this research (structural equations), Gpower software will be used to determine the sample size and simple random method. The instruments of this research include Hill and Jones' Strategic Management Questionnaire (2007), Lear et al.'s Strategic Leadership Questionnaire (2012), and Hersey and Goldsmith's Organizational Performance Questionnaire. To determine the distribution of data, the skewness-stretch test was used, and depending on the conditions, parametric tests were used, and confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the construct validity and explain the factors identified in Spss version 27 and SmartPLS version 3 software.