The effect of strategic thinking patterns on the efficiency of decision making process in Jordanian companies of insurance. Abridgment of research

Authors

  • Khalid Ibdah Taibah University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14738/abr.61.4074

Abstract

This research purposes to recognize the effect of strategic thinking patterns on the efficiency of decisions making process in Jordanian companies of insurance ; and reaching the recommendations that aim to increase the necessity of this side to ameliorate the strategic performance level in these companies; the research also includes recognizing the effect of personal variables ( gender, age, years of experience; administrative level and scientific qualification) on the efficiency of decisions making; whereas this research depends on the descriptive analytical curriculum; using the questionnaire to study the opinions of research sample that composes 46 persons like an average (10%) from the society of research. And this research shows an effect with statistical indication ( a> 05.0) for the dimensions of strategic thinking jointly in the efficiency of decisions making in Jordanian companies of insurance. The results also showed no differences related to statistical significance on the significance level (a> 0.05) in the efficiency of decisions making of the employees of Jordanian companies of insurance attributed to personal and functional variables (gender, age, scientific qualification and practical experience). And based on the results of research, they recommend the necessity of the organizations and leaders to be able to involve the whole in presenting vision and making visualizations, uniting efforts with organizations and civil society to achieve common objectives and spreading the culture of argumentation, participation, frankly, optimism and sheerness in the atmospheres of organizations, deepening the responsibility and self control, in addition to the necessity of hiring the human resources, their energies and their true knowledge and encouraging them to creativity and innovation, by supporting creators and motivating them , adopting their ideas , assigning them with works show their intellectual challenges and sharpen their spirit of creation , also encouraging them to be against the familiar from typical specific thinking to a thinking characterized by variety , authenticity and innovation , and changing the methods of work , its ways and its measures.

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2018-01-20

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Ibdah, K. (2018). The effect of strategic thinking patterns on the efficiency of decision making process in Jordanian companies of insurance. Abridgment of research. Archives of Business Research, 6(1), 67–93. https://doi.org/10.14738/abr.61.4074