The Role of Business Intelligence in Administrative Development at King Abdulaziz University

Abstract

this study aimed at clarifying the concept of business intelligence and what is meant by administrative development, and to know the role of business intelligence in administrative development at King Abdulaziz University. Also, to explain the relationship between them, the extent of its application in the university, and providing solutions and proposals that contribute to that. The study adopted the descriptive approach and data was collected by reviewing the existing intellectual production in the field of study. Preparing a questionnaire as a tool and distributing it electronically, (46) who entered the study (administrative leaderships at King Abdulaziz University) responded to it. The most important result of this study is the existence of an interrelated relationship between business intelligence and administrative development. The perceptions of the study sample came to the extent of applying business intelligence in administrative development in an average way. Also, there is a great importance for training in business intelligence practices in administrative Development processes. This study recommends supporting and adopting senior management and making more effort to apply business intelligence in accomplishing administrative operations. As well as giving high importance to training on business intelligence and sending informational and awareness messages to leaders at the university. And the need to seek to keep abreast of developments of business intelligence techniques to carry out and update. Further experimental studies reflecting business intelligence applications in local organizations recommend this, to find out the level and constraints of applying business intelligence.