The impact of Top Management Team Behavioral Integration in enhancing organizational prestige: An exploratory study of the opinions of academic leaders at the University of Mosul

Abstract

The research aims to know the impact of behavioral integration of the senior management team with its sub-dimensions represented by (cooperative behavior, information exchange, participation in decision-making) in enhancing organizational prestige with its dimensions represented by (internal organizational prestige, perceived external prestige). The importance of the research is also represented by clarifying the important role played by the senior management teams at the university under study so that the university becomes highly prestigious, effective, and capable of defining itself and its presence, and keeping pace with rapid changes locally and globally in order to achieve global status compared to other universities in developed countries. The University of Mosul was chosen as a field for research, where the research applied the comprehensive inventory method to the researcher’s sample of (214) leaders represented by (the university president and his assistants, deans of colleges and assistants, and heads of departments as well as scientific centers) at the University of Mosul. However, the total of the questionnaire received (189) and (25) questionnaire forms were not received. The researcher used a questionnaire to obtain data, and the research adopted the descriptive analytical approach in order to achieve results using the statistical program (AMOS V.25). The research came out with a number of conclusions, the most important of which is that cooperation and information exchange makes members of the senior management team show solidarity and cohesion, and this cohesion translates into decision-making processes. Smoother decisions, efficient resource allocation, and strategic implementation, all of which contribute to achieving the organization’s prestige. The researcher also presented a set of proposals, the most important of which is “the necessity of expanding the basis of participation in decision-making and not limiting it only to members of the University Council by involving experts in the work of academic staff, including professors and owners.” Distinguished academic titles in executive departments for the purpose of reaching a level of competence when making decisions and implementing them effectively.”