High Involvement Management and Its Role in Strategic Drift
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Purpose: Identifying the extent of the focus and application of the High Involvement Management in its dimensions at the University of Misan and its role in preventing fall and exposure to the strategic drift that destabilizes this academic institution and prevents its advancement in the future.
Design/methodology/approach: The questionnaire was relied on to ensure that there was a relationship between the two research variables (High Involvement Management, Strategic drift), and based on the comprehensive inventory method, where (89) questionnaires were distributed to the deans of the faculties of the University of Misan and their assistants (scientific and administrative) and heads of departments because they are the decision-makers and they have Full authority to adopt important strategies and methods in dealing with employees, and (75) valid questionnaires were retrieved for statistical analysis using the program (SPSS V.21).
Findings: The results of the research showed a clear interest in the dimensions of High Involvement Management in the researched sample as it is one of the modern administrative methods to support and strengthen the human element to avoid strategic drift, and this was confirmed statistically by the existence of a statistical and significant relationship between the two variables of the research (independent and dependent).
Practical Implications: The findings of the research are important and useful for the theoretical and practical application of the researched sample by relying on this modern administrative method in order to increase the chance of Misan University to achieve its goals and prevent the causes that expose it to drift in the long run.
Originality / Value: The current research is the first research that studies the role of High involvement management in strategic drift in an academic institution that is the first scientific edifice in Misan and is responsible for producing outputs that are the basic building block in building societies, and this indicates the absence of cognitive products that determine the relationship between these two variables, so this research is a step important in bridging the gap.
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