Degree of Administrative Competencies Availability for Applying Organizational Learning among Hafr Al-Batin Governorate Primary School Leaders

(Ali Hasan Abdu AI-Aseere)

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Abstract

Because of organizational learning role in achieving educational institutions’ goals through promoting values and attitudes that can be reflected into actions and decisions that can drive the institutions towards innovation and excellence there is a need for highly professional and effective leaders who can influence, aspire, and promote individuals to uncover and develop their capabilities to benefit the educational process via organizational learning. This study aimed at identifying the availability of required competencies degree in school leaders needed to apply organizational learning to benefit from its dimensions and operations in addition to detecting any statistically significant differences between the study sample members’ response due to qualification, specialization, and experience years variables. The work applied descriptive survey approach to achieve these objectives. The study sample consisted of (288) primary school teachers in Hafr Al-Batin representing 33.6% of the study population. The researcher prepared a questionnaire to measure the availability of administrative competencies among primary school leaders to implement organizational learning according to the Senge model for organizational learning. The study instrument was subjected to accuracy and reliability test before its application. The results showed that the competencies of school leaders to implement organizational learning reached a (very high) practice level from teachers’ view in all dimensions. The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the sample members responses for all variables. The study recommended providing material and moral support to school leaders in order to maintain their high level of administrative competencies to continue the outstanding performance. It also recommended that all educational institutions and the Ministry of Education should be linked in a unified information network to achieve organizational learning and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and expertise to achieve continuous professional development of workers in the field of education. Key Words: Experience, Knowledge, Senge model for organizational learning.
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