The impact of diversity in goal orientation on top management team ambidexterity: The mediating role of strategic thinking

Analytical study of a sample of the views to officers of the Ministry of Interior in the Holy Karbala Governorate

Dissertation Submitted to The Council of College of Administration and Economics, Karbala University as A Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Philosophy Doctoral Degree in Business Administration Sciences

By

Abdullah Ali Seger

Supervised by 

Prof. Dr Elham Nazem Al Shaibani  Prof. Dr Faisal Alwan altaie

The study aims to know the role of the diversity of goal orientations as independent variable of its dimensions (learning goal orientation, goal orientation – proof, and performance goal orientation – avoidance), which was determined based on me (VandeWalle, 1997). In the ambidexterity of the senior management team as a dependent variable through its dimensions (exploratory learning and exploitative learning), which was identified based on (Jansen, et al., 2016). Strategic thinking as a mediating variable with its dimensions (reflection, organizational awareness, destination analysis, and model discrimination), which was identified based on (Sanjay Dhir, etal: 2018). 

In view of the importance of the security sector and its impact in the country, the study was conducted on all subordinates of the Ministry of Interior in the holy province of Karbala, as the opinions of a sample of (314) senior and middle leaders in the organization in question were surveyed, and they are of the rank of (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier, Major General). Through the questionnaire as the main tool for obtaining data and information 

A set of statistical methods was used (Cronbach’s alpha test, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, relative importance, simple correlation coefficient, and the statistical programs (SPSS V. 25) (Amos V. 23). 

The study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is (that teams that are characterized by the goal of avoiding performance do not necessarily have the ability to achieve ambidexterity in the management of exploratory learning and exploitation), and the study concluded with a set of recommendations, most notably (most of the innovations and great and distinctive achievements made by organizations At the world level, it was born in the womb of an organizational climate dominated by democracy that allows individuals to express and share their opinions and what they know and work as a single work team, so it is necessary to create that climate so that ambidexterity prevails

The impact of diversity in goal orientation on top management team ambidexterity: The mediating role of strategic thinking

Analytical study of a sample of the views to officers of the Ministry of Interior in the Holy Karbala Governorate

Dissertation Submitted to The Council of College of Administration and Economics, Karbala University as A Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Philosophy Doctoral Degree in Business Administration Sciences

By

Abdullah Ali Seger

Supervised by 

Prof. Dr Elham Nazem Al Shaibani  Prof. Dr Faisal Alwan altaie

The study aims to know the role of the diversity of goal orientations as independent variable of its dimensions (learning goal orientation, goal orientation – proof, and performance goal orientation – avoidance), which was determined based on me (VandeWalle, 1997). In the ambidexterity of the senior management team as a dependent variable through its dimensions (exploratory learning and exploitative learning), which was identified based on (Jansen, et al., 2016). Strategic thinking as a mediating variable with its dimensions (reflection, organizational awareness, destination analysis, and model discrimination), which was identified based on (Sanjay Dhir, etal: 2018). 

In view of the importance of the security sector and its impact in the country, the study was conducted on all subordinates of the Ministry of Interior in the holy province of Karbala, as the opinions of a sample of (314) senior and middle leaders in the organization in question were surveyed, and they are of the rank of (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier, Major General). Through the questionnaire as the main tool for obtaining data and information 

A set of statistical methods was used (Cronbach’s alpha test, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, relative importance, simple correlation coefficient, and the statistical programs (SPSS V. 25) (Amos V. 23). 

The study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is (that teams that are characterized by the goal of avoiding performance do not necessarily have the ability to achieve ambidexterity in the management of exploratory learning and exploitation), and the study concluded with a set of recommendations, most notably (most of the innovations and great and distinctive achievements made by organizations At the world level, it was born in the womb of an organizational climate dominated by democracy that allows individuals to express and share their opinions and what they know and work as a single work team, so it is necessary to create that climate so that ambidexterity prevails