Abstract
Today's universities operate in a climate of great change, along with increased responsibilities and accountability from Internal and external customers . This has resulted in calls for a new kind of leadership working to help the university to improve educational services and face more challenges, called strategic leadership, at the university level. Aim of study Defining of Egyptian leadership universities pattern of modern leadership styles, named as Strategic leadership (concept, objectives, roles, requirements, application obstacles). Problem of the study: Relate to the suffering of the Egyptian universities of many problems that limit their efficiency and effectiveness, This led to the need to search for a new approaches as strategic leadership for eliminate of these problems. Study Methodology: The study used a descriptive approach for its suitability for the nature of the study.Results of the study: The study found multiple reasons for the application of strategic leadership style in Egyptian universities as a result of the problems the leaderships of the Egyptian universities suffer from which limits its efficiency and effectiveness. Study recommended to start applying this pattern quickly after all the positive results it achieved in many universities. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2014.v3n6p59
Highlights
In spite of the long history of research on leadership, social scientists, primarily organization behavior scholars, have only recently begun to single out strategic leadership as a focus of attention (Boal and Schultz, 2007)
Multiplicity and diversity of requirements in applying strategic leadership in the Egyptian universities. which refers to the need for understanding and awareness of the Egyptian university leaders to those requirements, and remove any obstacles reduce the effectiveness of the application
The study found : 1. the importance of applying strategic leadership in universities generally . 2. roles’ multiplicity of strategic leadership in universities and not being limited to the traditional roles of educational leadership. 3. multiple reasons for the application of strategic leadership style in Egyptian universities as a result of the problems the leaderships of the Egyptian universities suffer from which limits its efficiency and effectiveness
Summary
In spite of the long history of research on leadership, social scientists, primarily organization behavior scholars, have only recently begun to single out strategic leadership as a focus of attention (Boal and Schultz, 2007). Whereas an organization's mission is broad or abstract enough to be consistent with values held by the wider society, strategic plans tend to be more tightly oriented to a university exclusive interests or competitive niche. Nowadays Egyptian universities need to let a critical mass of managers develop the skills and abilities required to exercise strategic leadership , ( Adel Rajab, Abdulhadi mabrouk,2007). This means that Strategic leadership may be one of the most critical organizational issues due to its positive effect on organizational performance , strategic leadership helps Egyptian universities express their vision to future
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