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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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ISSN: 2222-6990

The Role of Future Foresight in Achieving Strategic Leadership for Educational Institutions in the Sultanate of Oman

Youssef Bin Saeed Bin Humaid Al Abri, Mohamad Azrien Bin Mohamed Adnan, Ali Khamis Salem Amer Alesayi, Haitham Bin Salem Bin Humid Al-Qari, Mohammed Said Ali Al Eisaei

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i10/19134

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The study aimed to identify the role of future foresight in achieving strategic leadership for educational institutions in the Sultanate of Oman. The importance of the study lies in the possibility for leaders of educational institutions in the Sultanate of Oman and other similar sectors to benefit from the results and recommendations of the study, as it is based on a theoretical field study, for the benefit of society as a whole. Studying for all leaders in education departments in the Sultanate of Oman. It consists of directors of education in public administrations, assistant directors of education for educational affairs, assistants for school affairs, directors of units, centers, offices and departments in each department. A statistically significant impact of the future vision in achieving strategic leadership for educational institutions in the Sultanate of Oman, there is a statistically significant effect of strategic environmental analysis in achieving strategic leadership, and there is a statistically significant effect of strategic thinking in achieving strategic leadership for educational institutions in the Sultanate of Oman. The study also recommended the formulation of a future vision with a pioneering orientation for the institution that depends on foreseeing and predicting the future, relying primarily on strategic analysis to explore future opportunities and expected threats, with analysis of its performance results to identify strengths and support them and weaknesses to overcome them; To enable it to achieve strategic leadership..

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