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Role of Entrepreneurial Leadership in Enhancing Dimensions of Smart Organizations

Role of Entrepreneurial Leadership in Enhancing Dimensions of Smart Organizations

(An analytical study of the opinions of a sample of administrative, technical and medical leaders in Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital)

A Thesis Submitted to

Council of Faculty of Administration and Economics / University of Karbala as Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for Master Degree in Business Administration

By:

Bareq Muhammad Ali Al-Maamouri

Supervise by:

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Amanah AL-Shammari

Abstract

      This study aimed to test the role of entrepreneurial leadership in enhancing the dimensions of smart organizations in Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital – Karbala Governorate. In order to achieve this, the dimensions of entrepreneurial leadership were adopted (strategic dimension, communicative dimension, motivational dimension, personal and organizational dimension) based on (Fontana & Musa, 2017), while the dimensions of smart organizations represented by (strategic vision, merit culture and incentives and rewards) were adopted according to (Schafer, 2009).

     The importance of the study was the need to adopt an unconventional leadership approach to confront the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, which paralyzed the world, and the need emerged to find solutions and move from a traditional organization to a smart organization that has the ability to face problems and challenges that have become an accelerating pace through entrepreneurial leadership in its dimensions.

      Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital – Karbala Governorate was chosen to test this study by means of a questionnaire prepared for this purpose, as it included (269) individuals from the directors and heads of its departments, divisions and units. A set of appropriate statistical processing methods were used in analyzing the data, such as the test of normal distribution, confirmatory factor analysis and a set of descriptive statistics, as well as Pearson’s correlation analysis and regression analysis using structural equation modeling and path analysis.

      Among the most important conclusions of the study, there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurial leadership in enhancing the dimensions of smart organizations, and this is what calls Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital – Karbala Governorate under study, to make more efforts towards using and supporting the dimensions of entrepreneurial leadership, because it would work in enhancing the dimensions of smart organizations.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Leadership, Smart Organization, Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital – Karbala Governorate.

Role of Entrepreneurial Leadership in Enhancing Dimensions of Smart Organizations

Role of Entrepreneurial Leadership in Enhancing Dimensions of Smart Organizations

(An analytical study of the opinions of a sample of administrative, technical and medical leaders in Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital)

A Thesis Submitted to

Council of Faculty of Administration and Economics / University of Karbala as Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for Master Degree in Business Administration

By:

Bareq Muhammad Ali Al-Maamouri

Supervise by:

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Amanah AL-Shammari

Abstract

      This study aimed to test the role of entrepreneurial leadership in enhancing the dimensions of smart organizations in Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital – Karbala Governorate. In order to achieve this, the dimensions of entrepreneurial leadership were adopted (strategic dimension, communicative dimension, motivational dimension, personal and organizational dimension) based on (Fontana & Musa, 2017), while the dimensions of smart organizations represented by (strategic vision, merit culture and incentives and rewards) were adopted according to (Schafer, 2009).

     The importance of the study was the need to adopt an unconventional leadership approach to confront the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, which paralyzed the world, and the need emerged to find solutions and move from a traditional organization to a smart organization that has the ability to face problems and challenges that have become an accelerating pace through entrepreneurial leadership in its dimensions.

      Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital – Karbala Governorate was chosen to test this study by means of a questionnaire prepared for this purpose, as it included (269) individuals from the directors and heads of its departments, divisions and units. A set of appropriate statistical processing methods were used in analyzing the data, such as the test of normal distribution, confirmatory factor analysis and a set of descriptive statistics, as well as Pearson’s correlation analysis and regression analysis using structural equation modeling and path analysis.

      Among the most important conclusions of the study, there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurial leadership in enhancing the dimensions of smart organizations, and this is what calls Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital – Karbala Governorate under study, to make more efforts towards using and supporting the dimensions of entrepreneurial leadership, because it would work in enhancing the dimensions of smart organizations.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Leadership, Smart Organization, Al-Kafeel Specialized Hospital – Karbala Governorate.