The role of self-awareness in achieving strategic renewal An analytical study of the opinions of administrative leaders in a sample of Iraqi private universities

Abstract

 This study aims to clarify the role of self-awareness as an independent variable represented by (the cognitive dimension, the emotional dimension, the behavioral dimension, and self-confidence) in achieving strategic renewal as a dependent variable represented by (exploratory strategic renewal, investment strategic renewal, and strategic renewal at the level of Entrepreneurship, leadership participation), and the descriptive analytical approach was adopted, in order to present the theoretical side of the study, and analyze and interpret the data obtained. University Heritage), and an intentional random sample was selected, with (60) individuals from the administrative leaders in (10) faculties of The surveyed universities, and a questionnaire was distributed to them, (53) valid questionnaires were answered for analysis, and the data was analyzed by adopting a set of statistical methods in the (SPSS) program, in order to test hypotheses, and verify their validity, and based on the results of the description and diagnosis of the study variables, and their dimensions And for the results of testing the relationships that were identified, the study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which are: There is a significant correlation between self-awareness and strategic renewal, as well as a significant effect of self-awareness in strategic renewal, and the study included A number of proposals for universities, the most important of which is the need to increase the interest of the surveyed universities in self-awareness because of its role in achieving strategic renewal and making it a part of its culture and working to disseminate it at all levels of the university and encourage the presentation of innovative and creative ideas that contribute to investing in leaders' self-awareness perceptions.