The Impact of Strategic Planning on Administrative Decision-Making: An Applied Study at Wasit University

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the impact of strategic planning on the process of administrative decision-making through an applied study at Wasit University. The research addresses a primary problem, which is "the lack of an effective role of strategic planning in administrative decision-making processes and the relationship between the concept of strategic planning and decision-making processes." This is accomplished by following a descriptive-analytical approach to analyse and interpret the questionnaire results using the arithmetic scale in the questionnaire form designed to measure the impact of strategic planning on administrative decision-making. The research sample's responses to the questions were as follows: It was observed from the analysis of the questionnaire forms and the variables (x, y) that the highest percentage of responses was for item (2), which states, "Strategic planning is considered the most important element in the successful human resource department," with a percentage of (2.9), which is a good percentage indicating the educational staff's interest in this aspect. The main recommendations include the necessity for the responding sample to focus on strategic planning, as well as paying attention to administrative decisions at Wasit University.