Organizational Ingenuity and its Relationship to Institutional Excellence Among Government School Principals in Mafraq Governorate
Abstract
The current study aimed to reveal the organizational ingenuity of government school principals in Mafraq Governorate and its relationship to institutional excellence. The study sample consisted of (350) teachers who were randomly selected. A questionnaire was developed and used for collecting data, after its validity and reliability were confirmed. In its first part, the questionnaire consists (26) items that measure organizational ingenuity, and the second part consists (25) items that measure institutional excellence. The results of the study revealed that the degree of availability of the organizational ingenuity among government school principals in Mafraq governorate was moderate. There were no statistically significant differences in the means of the study sample’s responses due to the effect of the gender variable, however, there were differences due to the effect of years of service variable, were in favor of less than ten years. Also, there were statistically significant differences due to the effect of the educational qualification variable, came in favor of the bachelor's degree. As for institutional excellence, the results revealed that its level was moderate. There were no statistically significant differences in the means of the study sample’s responses due to the effect of the gender and years of service variables, however, there were differences due to the effect of the educational qualification variable, came in favor of the bachelor's degree. Finally, the results showed a positive correlation between the degree of availability of the organizational ingenuity and the level of institutional excellence. In light of the study results, the researcher provided a set of recommendations, the most important of which were: The need to work on increasing awareness of the importance of organizational ingenuity and institutional excellence within the school.
Keywords: organizational ingenuity, institutional excellence, public schools.
