The effect of administrative leadership on the organizational performance in the case of the Ministry of Education in Jordan

This study aims at showing the influence of the administrative leadership on the organizational performance of the workers in the Ministry of Education Center in Jordan, which is one of the major successes in any organization. the administrative leadership contributes effectively in reaching the aims of the organization through effective performance which comes from the way any administrative leader treats his staff according to the nature of their task. also, the study investigates the effect of administrative leadership, involving the dimensions of administrative creativity and decision-making ability on organizational performance involving the dimensions of operation efficiency and satisfaction of employees, based on the perspectives of employees in the Ministry of Education Center in Jordan. 420 questionnaires were distributed amongst the study sample, of which 381 were returned and analyzed. This implies that 93% of the questionnaires account for the data generated in this study. Different statistical measures and tools were used to analyze the data. The results of the study showed that the leader has a great role in improving the performance of each worker in the ministry and there is an effect of administrative leadership (administration creativity and the ability to make decisions) on the organizational performance (operation efficiency and employees’ satisfaction) in the Ministry of Education Center in Jordan. Based on the results, recommendations are given by the researchers.

The impact of administrative creativity on raising the job performance of administrative leaders in government institutions in the Sultanate of Oman: أثر الإبداع الإداري في رفع الأداء الوظيفي لدى القادة الإداريين في المؤسسات الحكومية بسلطنة عُمان

The study discussed the impact of administrative creativity to raise the job performance of administrative leaders in Al-Dakhliyah governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The problem arose in the need to raise the job performance of administrative leaders, and to address the factors that led to it (originality and intellectual fluency), as it aimed to measure the extent of the impact of administrative creativity on the job performance of administrative leaders in government institutions in Al-Dakhliyah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The study utilized the quantitative descriptive approach to achieve its goals and using the theory of creativity (Hang & Aiken, 1970) to reach the best expectation of job performance in return for provided incentives and promotions, qualification and training. A questionnaire was constructed for data collection, where it was built from (27) pharse, and a stratified sample of 280 respondents was obtained. The data were processed using multiple regression analysis, and the results have reached a direct impact of administrative creativity rate of (64.2%) among the administrative leader on job performance, and the most important recommendations are to conduct similar studies on other governorates that may face same challenges in job performance.

The Effect of Leadership Behavior on Managerial Creativity of Saline Water Conversion Corporation Employees: Applied Study on Shuqaiq Desalination Plants Employees: تأثير السلوك القيادي على الإبداع الإداري للعاملين بالمؤسسة العامة لتحلية المياه المالحة: دراسة تطبيقية على العاملين بمحطات تحلية الشقيق

The study aimed to identify the data of some variables of leadership behavior, and to identify the reality of managerial creativity of employees and administrators in the Saline Water Conversion Corporation. Also, to identify the data of some personal and functional variables of workers at the level of their managerial creativity. To achieve the study's aims, the researcher followed the descriptive approach. The study was applied to a sample consisted of 100 employees of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation, using a questionnaire distributed to them. The study came with some conclusions, most important of with are: 1) The level of managerial creativity of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation employees was high. 2) The analysis and connectivity were the least available elements of managerial innovation. 3) The elements of managerial creativity can be arranged according to their availability as: (flexibility, originality, sensitivity to problems, intellectual fluency, and ability to analyze and connect). 4) There are positive and statistically significant data between the behavior of the administrative leader who is interested in the staff and the level of their creativity. 5) There is no statistically significant data between the interest of the administrative leader in the work and the level of managerial creativity of the employees. 6) There are statistically significant relationships between personal and functional variables and some variables of leadership behavior, which are: (The presence of positive data statistically significant between the educational qualification, the functional rank of workers, and the level of managerial creativity, and the presence of negative data statistically significant between the functional rank of workers and the interest of the administrative leader to work). The study recommended the emphasis on the principle of delegation as a means and tool to develop the skills of creative staff by providing expertise and direct contact with situations and events, and support the concept of serious participation of workers in decision-making.

The Church of Almighty God

The chapter describes the origins and early history of The Church of Almighty God. It originated in 1991 around the revelations of a woman, whose name is (probably) Yang Xiangbin, who was later recognized as Almighty God. It then acquired an effective administrative leader, a man called Zhao Weishan. The community went through a formative period of trials and tribulations, at the end of which it recognized that the woman uttering the new revelations was the second coming of Jesus Christ, the incarnated Almighty God. Around this belief a complete system of dispensationalist theology grew, distinguishing three ages of the history of humanity, the Age of Law, the Age of Grace, and the present Age of Kingdom, which will eventually lead into the glorious Age of the Millennial Kingdom.

Intergenerational Indigenous Resilience and Navigating Academic Administration

The author has been asked a number of times about how she arrived at the role of an academic administrative leader in postsecondary education. Queries and interviews on questions such as these have provided her with an opportunity to reflect on her path into academic administration and to think more deeply about her own values and understandings about academic leadership. This chapter provides critical reflections of her experiences, understandings, and knowings from an Indigenous women's leadership lens and provides a perspective on navigating academic administration in the postsecondary environment. She intentionally weaves personal narratives as well as relevant literature to discuss the challenges and successes of navigating academic administration as an Indigenous woman. She does this because of the nature of this book and also because women in academia continue to be oppressed. Importantly, she situates the importance of staying true to core values and her own Indigeneity drawing on her own intergenerational resilience.

Nursing roles for in-hospital cardiac arrest response: higher versus lower performing hospitals

BackgroundGood outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) depend on a skilled resuscitation team, prompt initiation of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation, and organisational structures to support IHCA response. We examined the role of nurses in resuscitation, contrasting higher versus lower performing hospitals in IHCA survival.MethodsWe conducted a descriptive qualitative study at nine hospitals in the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry, purposefully sampling hospitals that varied in geography, academic status, and risk-standardised IHCA survival. We conducted 158 semistructured interviews with nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, quality improvement staff, and administrators. Qualitative thematic text analysis followed by type-building text analysis identified distinct nursing roles in IHCA care and support for roles.ResultsNurses played three major roles in IHCA response: bedside first responder, resuscitation team member, and clinical or administrative leader. We found distinctions between higher and lower performing hospitals in support for nurses. Higher performing hospitals emphasised training and competency of nurses at all levels; provided organisational flexibility and responsiveness with nursing roles; and empowered nurses to operate at a higher scope of clinical practice (eg, bedside defibrillation). Higher performing hospitals promoted nurses as leaders—administrators supporting nurses in resuscitation care at the institution, resuscitation team leaders during resuscitation and clinical champions for resuscitation care. Lower performing hospitals had more restrictive nurse roles with less emphasis on systematically identifying improvement needs.ConclusionHospitals that excelled in IHCA survival emphasised mentoring and empowering front-line nurses and ensured clinical competency and adequate nursing training for IHCA care. Though not proof of causation, nurses appear to be critical to effective IHCA response, and how to support their role to optimise outcomes warrants further investigation.

Continuity and Changes in Gandang Sarunai's Music Performance in Alam Surambi Sungai Pagu Society's Socio-Cultural Activities, South Solok Regency, West Sumatra

Gandang Sarunai is a form of traditional Minangkabau music which lives, develops and grows in the daily life of the Alam Surambi Sungai Pagu community of South Solok District, West Sumatra. During the kingdom era when Alam Surambi Sugai Pagu was still led by kings, Gandang Sarunai music was acknowledged as the music of the kings. The performances of the gandang nobat repertoire and gandang puluik-puluik marked the coronation of the kings of Alam Surambi Sungai Pagu. At present, however, Raja Alam is no longer acting as the administrative leader of the community, but the head of the community’s cultural affairs known as the penghulu, niniak mamak of the Alam Surambi Sungai Pagu community. Along with the changes of the king’s roles, Gandang Sarunai has also experienced some role changes. Gandang Sarunai is now also performed in alek kawin and batagak panghulu festivals. Gandang Sarunai in this case, is seen by Keammer as an expression of how this traditional music is now valued pragmatically by its community, meaning that that the traditional music is now practiced for obtaining both material and moral benefits. In other words, Gandang Sarunai is now valued as more an expression of an adaptive culture than an expressive culture of the community of the Alam Surambi Sugai Pagu. Gandang Sarunai performances in the events like alek kawin and/or batagak panghulu festivals can be seen as a reflection of the community’s efforts to strengthen their identity (clan, family), to raise their social status and to improve the community solidarity.