Strategic awareness of strategic leaders and its role in bridging the knowledge gap among academic staff: A diagnostic and analytical study at Al-Hadbaa University

The research mainly aimed to determine the role of strategic awareness among administrative leaders in bridging the knowledge gap among academic staff at Al-Hadbaa University, and to demonstrate the possibility of enhancing practical communication skills and innovation systems among academic staff, enhancing the ability to use knowledge-based education systems, and enhancing the ability to use open education required to bridge their knowledge gap. The main problem of the research was how to bridge the knowledge gap among academic staff by activating the strategic awareness approach among its strategic leaders. Therefore, the researchers selected Al-Hadbaa University as the field for their study, and the administrative staff were chosen as the study community. The researchers used a sample of administrative leaders in their research, considering that they have strategic awareness in the university under study, numbering 53 individuals. The researchers adopted an analytical diagnostic approach, distributing several questionnaire forms and using statistical methods, and reached several conclusions, the most important of which is the direct impact of strategic awareness in bridging the knowledge gap. The researchers recommend paying attention to enhancing strategic awareness among university administrative leaders. The research aims to bridge the knowledge gap among their academic staff and thus achieve the university’s goals.