Requirements Of Implementing Smart Digital Management For Academic Department Heads To Confront COVID-19: Ajloun National University Academic Staff Perspective

Abstract

The current study aims at pinpointing the requirements of implementing smart digital management for academic department heads to confront COVID-19 the point of view of the faculty members at Ajloun National University and the degree of different points of view according to gender, faculty, academic rank, and the number of experience years. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive approach is used. Besides, the required data are collected by adopting a questionnaire to a sample of (45) faculty members selected by the purposeful method. The findings show that the degree of implementing the requirements of the smart digital management among the heads of academic departments to confront COVID-19 from the point of view of the faculty members is of high degree with a mean of (4.01). Also, the findings indicate that there are no statistically significant differences due to the variables of faculty, academic rank, and the number of experience years, while there are differences due to the gender variable in favor of females. In light of these findings, the study recommends that the university make its plans within the strategies of digital management, providing financial and moral incentives to encourage continuous development, implementing new activities that raise the spirits of creativity and development, and holding educational courses and workshops related to digital management.