The Mediating Role of Strategic Intelligence in the Relationship Between Strategic Leadership and Administrative Creativity in the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education

Abstract

The study aimed to explore the strategic intelligence in the relationship between strategic leadership and administrative creativity in the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education. To achieve this, the researcher employed a descriptive-analytical approach, which was deemed most suitable for this study. A questionnaire was used as the primary tool for data collection. The study population consisted of 870 employees in the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The researcher utilized a purposive sampling method for employees at the ministry's headquarters in Ramallah, comprising 270 employees. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results showed that the arithmetic mean of the study sample's estimates for strategic intelligence, encompassing dimensions such as forecasting, strategic vision, and motivation, was 60.5%, indicating a moderate level. Regarding strategic leadership, the dimensions of strategic orientation, human capital, organizational culture, and organizational control had a combined mean of 64.25%, also indicating a moderate level. The elements of administrative creativity, including fluency, flexibility, originality, and problem sensitivity, had a mean of 59.6%, again indicating a moderate level.

While the hypothesis results showed a statistically significant effect at the significance level (α > 0.05) for strategic intelligence as a mediating variable in enhancing the relationship between strategic leadership and administrative innovation in the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education, the provided search results do not explicitly address this specific context or statistical outcome. The researcher provided several recommendations, including: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education should show concern for future predictions of any risk, such as wars and pandemics like diseases. Work on having a strategic vision based on strategic intelligence within the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Utilize strategic intelligence to develop an achievable strategic vision while working at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, by creating feasible plans and alternative plans during emergencies and disasters.

Support the Ministry of Education and Higher Education employees to find motivation in applying strategic intelligence in their workflow through courses, seminars, and employee-specific meetings.