Diagnosing Servant Leadership Practices in the Directorate of Communications and Information Systems in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior
Mohammed Kazem Atheeb
Department of Public Administration, College of Administration and Economics, University of Baghdad , Iraq .
Dr. Mohsin Rashid Musehibe
Department of Public Administration, College of Administration and Economics, University of Baghdad , Iraq
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The current research aims to diagnose the practices of service leadership in the Directorate of
Communications and Information Systems in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, and, where the
research adopted the descriptive analytical exploratory approach to achieve it, by surveying the
opinions of a sample of intended quotas of (266) individuals, by adopting the questionnaire as a
main tool. To collect data that includes (24) paragraphs, as well as conduct open interviews to
identify the problems, strengths and weaknesses of the Directorate about the practice of servant
leadership. The statistical analysis of the most prominent results concluded that the Directorate
of Communications and Information Systems adopted servant leadership practices, and was able
to employ them to positively influence the development of servant leadership. its own
management information systems, and the researcher came up with a set of recommendations.
Keywords: Servant Leadership; Directorate of Communications and Information Systems; Iraqi Ministry of Interior
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