The Impact of Managers Efficiency on Quality of Strategic Decision-making under Crisis Management: An Empirical Study on Private Hospitals in Baghdad-Iraq

Abstract

Managers have essential role in considering the foundation in organization, to avoid risks and crises, their efficiency and ability to minimize risks if it should occur, also they should make the right decision at crisis management, at a high qualities as a results of good experienced, education, skills, and best practice.

The main objective of this study is to explore the impact of managers’ efficiency on quality of strategic decision-making directly and indirectly through crisis management in private hospitals in Baghdad/ Iraq, the study population was private hospitals in Baghdad/ Iraq, and a sample was chosen randomly which consists of (100) managers (administrative and physicians), and a questionnaire was designed consisting of (44) phrases to gather the primary data from the study sample. Data were analyzed using relevant statistical methods like regression analysis and path analysis. The study came to show a high level of importance for all study variables, and showed there is a significant positive direct impact of managers’ efficiency on quality of strategic decision making also there is indirect impact (through crisis management), beside there is a significant positive direct impact of managers efficiency on crisis management rather than a significant impact of crisis management on quality of strategic decision making, in private hospitals in Baghdad/ Iraq.

Key words: Decision-making, Quality of Strategic Decision-making, Crisis Management, Efficiency.