Leading Change in Universities and Its Impact on Improving the Educational Process

Abstract

Educational institutions face a great challenge represented by the rapid growth in the field of knowledge, the tremendous development in communication systems and their means, the information and modern technological revolution, and the growing interest in the value of excellence and quality in the comprehensive sense, which expresses perfectly doing business from the first time to achieve the satisfaction of the beneficiary (student, and the labor market). The quality of education today represents the most important challenges facing education systems in all countries of the world, especially since the reports of international organizations stress the need to reconsider the philosophy of education with a focus on the importance of setting better standards to achieve quality from the principles: customer focus, continuous improvement, employee empowerment, and senior management commitment. As all of them help to obtain the most high-quality educational outputs that are expected to lead to the development of the human personality to serve the community and support its national culture and help reduce errors and material and human costs to a minimum while obtaining satisfaction of the beneficiaries and their expectations and needs are changing and continuous, and this cannot happen Without the role of leadership in supporting improvement efforts and spreading a culture of quality. The prevailing leadership patterns in educational institutions must be changed with a new leadership pattern with certain characteristics and a special work style that is compatible with the methodology and culture.