the effect of strategic  leadership in the organizational  ambidexterity – study of the opinions of a sample of leaders in the Iraqi Federal Police

A letter submitted to the Board of the College of Administration and Economics / University of Karbala, which is part of the requirements for obtaining the degree of a higher diploma equivalent to a master’s in strategic planning

By

Atheer Mahdi Hamid

supervision 

asst. proF. Dr Sahar Abbas Hussein

The study aimed to test the impact of strategic leadership as an independent variable in organizational ambidexterity as a dependent variable, and in order to achieve this, the study relied on six dimensions of strategic leadership practices represented by (strategic direction, core competencies, human capital, organizational culture, ethical practices, and controls). organizational), and the dimensions of organizational ambidexterity were adopted (exploration ambidexterity, investment ambidexterity) based on ready-made standards.

The leadership of the Iraqi Federal Police was chosen to test the hypotheses of this study by means of a questionnaire prepared for this purpose. The study sample included (154) leaders in the Federal Police. The problem of the study was (weak interest of public organizations departments, especially security, in organizational ambidexterity), as it was formulated in the form of questions that were among the Most notably, “What is the role of strategic leadership in achieving organizational ambidexterity in the Iraqi Federal Police”, and the importance of the study was evident in its handling of the link between two important variables in the Federal Police in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, being the party responsible for maintaining order and achieving security for the Iraqi individual. A set of statistical methods were used, the most important of which is structural equation modeling in the direct impact test between variables. The study reached several conclusions , including the Federal Police leadership is keen to exploit its available capabilities in improving its security performance by employing the technological techniques it possesses to use time efficiently and effectively, and employing multiple methods to detect terrorist operations as well as interest in increasing the efficiency of its human resources and providing them with knowledge through Training, education and simulation plans of successful security organizations. And to provide the necessary supplies to perform its security operations on an ongoing basis, with minimal losses. The study recommended a number of recommendations, including the necessity for the Federal Police Command to create a new department whose mission is limited to providing logistical support to its employees, in addition to supporting its affiliates morally to raise their levels of organizational ambidexterity

Key words : strategic leadership, organizational ambidexterity, leadership of Iraqi federal police