The Applicability of Governance at King Saud University in Riyadh

Mohammad Y Kentab

doi:10.13189/ujer.2018.060103

Abstract

The problem of the study revolves around the application of the requirements of governance at King Saud University. The study aims to identify the extent of governance requirements at King Saud University as seen by faculty members through transparency, accountability, organizational structure, laws, regulations, and justice. To achieve the objectives and procedures of the study, the survey descriptive methodology was used. The study population was represented by faculty members at King Saud University. A sample of 200 faculty members was selected. The researcher relied in data collection on the questionnaire, which was subjected to the standards of validity and consistency, and used various appropriate statistical methods using (SPSS). The study reached several results, the most important of which are: 1. The level of transparency, accountability and justice at the university is average. 2. The level of organizational structure, laws and regulations in the university is high. In the light of the results, a number of recommendations were made that could contribute to the application of governance at the university.

Highlights

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of the term governance in all fields, especially administrative ones, and exceeded that to express its themes and terminology in other fields such as accounting and finance
The origin of governance in Arabic language is the verb “Govern.” In the Arabic dictionary “Lesan Alarab”, we find that the Arabs say: “Hakmat”, means ruled and controlled; in other words, you have forbidden and controlled; and from this the ruler was told among the people a ruler, because he forbids the oppressor from injustice; and from the meanings of the word "Ruling on": Ruling on something and judging it both: Preventing it from corruption (Ibn Manzoor, 1983, pp. 951-952) [15]
The study results showed that the faculty members of faculties of education at Hail University and King Saud believe that application of governance principles, in general, is

Summary

Introduction

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of the term governance in all fields, especially administrative ones, and exceeded that to express its themes and terminology in other fields such as accounting and finance. The rules and regulations of governance aim to achieve transparency and fairness and to grant the right of accountability to the management of the organization, taking into account the reduction of the exploitation of power other than in the public interest. These rules emphasize the importance of adhering to the provisions of the law and endeavor to ensure audit of the financial performance, existence of administrative structures to enable governing the management, with the formation of an audit committee of non-members of the executive board with many functions, competencies and powers to achieve independent control over implementation

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