Abstract

This study aimed to identify the degree of academic leaders’ practice of excellence management in public and private Jordanian universities (Yarmouk University, University of Science and Technology, Al Al-Bayt University, Irbid National University, Jadara University, and Jerash University) from the faculty members’ viewpoint. The descriptive survey method was adopted and to achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was built to measure the degree of practicing excellence management consisting of (32) items distributed into (4) areas: leadership (10) items, policies, and strategies (5) items, human resources (5) items, and partnerships and resources (12) items. The study population consisted of all the (2077) faculty members in the Jordanian public and private universities in the first semester of the academic year 2020/2021. Where the study sample consisted of (405) academics who constitute (19%) of the study population. and were selected by a random stratified method. The results showed that the overall degree of academic leaders' practicing of excellence management in the public and private Jordanian universities was moderate, and the order of the areas on the scale was respectively as follows; Partnerships and Resources, leadership, Policies and strategies, and human resources, and that all of these areas came at a moderate degree. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of statistical significance (α = 0.05) between the estimates of respondents in all areas (leadership, policies and strategies, human resources, partnerships, and resources) attributable to the difference in; the gender variable in favor of males, academic rank in favor of the professor, and the type of university in favor of public universities. Regarding these results, the researcher recommends giving more attention to the Department of Excellence, especially in the field of leadership, as well as the inclusion of Excellence Management as a basic criterion of performance quality standards in Jordanian public and private universities.

Highlights

  • Information and knowledge revolution have brought out global challenges that necessitated a dramatic shift in all areas, especially in higher education institutions

  • The study seeks to identify the degree of academic leaders’ practice of excellence management in public and private Jordanian universities, and the problem of the study is evident by answering the following questions: 1) What is the degree of academic leaders' practice of excellence management in Jordanian public and private universities from the faculty members' viewpoint?

  • This study aimed to identify the degree of academic leaders' practice excellence management in public and private Jordanian universities from the faculty members’ viewpoint. according to variables, and that to benefit from the results in developing the university inputs and outputs

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Introduction

Information and knowledge revolution have brought out global challenges that necessitated a dramatic shift in all areas, especially in higher education institutions. Several public universities recognized the necessity to develop future perceptions of their management based on excellence, creativity, and orientalism of the future, and to reconsider their philosophy, vision, university mission, and all educational plans and programs. In addition to developing the skills of educational staff and academic leaders, educational structures, goals that they seek to achieve. To reconsider their interaction with the local community and the need to strengthen the ties between them and to flexibly contribute to community development (Brrazi, 2015). Shawqy (2010) believes that the survival of institutions and their adaptation to these situations are accomplished by providing good leadership capable of finding and investing opportunities, mitigating risks, acting skillfully, and planning effective strategies

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