THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING AS A MODERATOR VARIABLE

Abstract

This research aims to identify the strengths in the strategic leadership that emerge through their practices and their role in crisis management in government institutions in Iraq, and to the role of strategic planning that works to strengthen that relationship. As the presence of strategic leadership is one of the most important constituents of organizations in the course of development, allowing them to face the various problems, unrest and crises that may be exposed to them, and in the circumstances characterized by uncertainty experienced by the organizations, the presence of such strategic leaders is expected to have A prominent role in facing the crises facing government institutions today. The conceptual framework of the current study is based on three main variables: strategic planning, an interactive variable, strategic leadership, an independent variable, crisis management, and a dependent variable. As the main question of the study was formulated as follows: "What is the role of strategic leadership in crisis management in the Iraqi education sector, sample of the study? What is the role of strategic planning in strengthening that relationship?" This study was applied in the government education sector in Iraq in the Directorate of General Education in Dhi Qar and the Directorate of General Education in Muthanna. The current study relied on the descriptive method to analyze the opinions of a sample of (148) from the directors working in the directorates of education and their affiliated departments, who were randomly chosen and using a set of statistical tools available in SPSS programs. V.22 –AMOS V.22)). The study reached several conclusions, the most important of which are: 1- The results obtained showed that there is a positive direct impact relationship between strategic leadership and crisis management. 2- The presence of an important interactive role for strategic planning that enhances the direct relationship between strategic leadership and crisis management.