3 September، 2026
The Department of Business Administration at the College of Administration and Economics, University of Mosul, discussed a master’s thesis on “Contributions of Strategic Thinking in Enhancing Stakeholder Orientation: A Survey Study

The Department of Business Administration at the College of Administration and Economics, University of Mosul, discussed on Thursday, September 3, 2026, a master’s thesis entitled “Contributions of Strategic Thinking in Enhancing Stakeholder Orientation: A Survey Study,” submitted by the student Ihsan Adnan Abdulrahim Qaddo, in Discussion Hall No. (2).
The study aimed to build a comprehensive theoretical framework for the two variables—strategic thinking and stakeholder orientation—based on the latest administrative literature, as well as to diagnose the reality of strategic thinking practice among leaders in the educational sector, and to measure the level of awareness regarding its dimensions: systems thinking, identifying new opportunities, and future vision.
The study reached a number of conclusions, most notably the existence of a positive and statistically significant impact of strategic thinking in enhancing stakeholder orientation, confirming that strategic thinking represents a essential factor in developing organizations’ ability to manage their relationships with various stakeholders and achieve balance among their interests. Furthermore, stepwise regression analysis revealed that future vision and systems thinking were the most capable of explaining the variation in stakeholder orientation, while the dimension of identifying new opportunities did not appear within the final model.
The discussion committee consisted of: Prof. Dr. Maan Waadallah Jarallah Al-Maadidi – College of Administration and Economics / University of Mosul – Chairman, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ammar Awwad Mohammed Makhlaf – College of Administration and Economics / Tikrit University – Member, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Dhannoon Younis – College of Administration and Economics / University of Mosul – Member, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayman Jassim Mohammed – College of Administration and Economics / University of Mosul – Member and Supervisor.






