Evaluation of the Organizational effectiveness of the Universities: An Applied Study on A Number of Faculties of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Universities in Iraq

Abstract

The concept “Organizational effectiveness” is regarded as one of the

contemporary concepts that provide an opportunity to evaluate and measure

the ability of management in organizations to carry out their missions,

objectives, and technical activities along with the performance level to

achieve their goals.

Depending on the relevant extended administrative literature review and

the results of many applied studies, the problem of the study has been identified

and two hypotheses have been developed. For this purpose, a questionnaire

was designed according to (Cameron: 1978) . Data were collected by

distributing the questionnaire to a sample of the study- Deans of the Colleges

of Administration and Economics and chiefs of scientific departments. A total

of (63) questionnaires were distributed from which (60) were received that

were suitable for analysis. After sorting and classifying the data by using the

(Spearman) coefficient correlation and variation for (Kruskal- Wallis) , the

data were processed.

The study concluded that the colleges maintain a positive relationship

with the dimensions of organizational effectiveness perceived by the study

sample (total Dimension) , and in seven dimensions from the eight dimensions

of organizational effectiveness researched (individually) . It is obvious that the

colleges’ performance level of organizational effectiveness was divergent in

five dimensions while convergent in three of them, which led to the emergence

of (5) colleges with an effective overall average level and (5) other colleges

below average.