Strategic Planning and its Impact on Sustainable Administrative Development

An Applied Study on a Sample of Employees of the Baghdad University, Iraq

Abstract

The study investigates the impact of strategic planning in organizations on sustainable management development. It identifies the concepts of sustainable management development and strategic planning. The study further investigates the importance and efficiency of strategic planning and its dimensions (strategic vision, strategic goals, strategic analysis) and their contribution to sustainable management development. Additionally, it identifies the most appropriate ways for strategic planning and the fundamental problems management faces while applying them to achieve sustainable management development. The study uses the descriptive-analytical method. It poses several hypotheses suggesting a statistically significant role (α ≤ 0.05) between strategic planning and its dimensions (strategic vision, strategic goals, strategic analysis) and achieving sustainable management development at Baghdad University. The study picks a sample of 89 administrators from the middle and high management at Baghdad University. A closed questionnaire was given to the sample, and the obtained data was analyzed through SPSS. The results showed that a strong positive effect exists between the dimensions of strategic planning (strategic vision, strategic goals, strategic analysis) and enhancing, developing, and improving management abilities to achieve sustainable management development.