The Reality of Administrative Creativity as an Approach to Achieving Competitive Advantage in the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman DOI :10.5281/zenodo.10616378

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to determine the status of administrative creativity as a means to achieve competitive advantage in the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman. To achieve the study objectives, a descriptive-analytical approach was used, and a questionnaire was employed as a tool for data collection. The study yielded the following results:
The level of administrative creativity in the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman was found to be "moderate." The study results also revealed statistically significant differences at a significance level of (α ≤ 0.05) in the responses of the study sample participants attributed to gender and years of experience. However, no statistically significant differences were found in relation to variables such as educational qualification and nature of job. Furthermore, administrative creativity was found to have an impact on predicting the achievement of competitive advantage in the Ministry of Education.
Based on the study findings, the following recommendations were made: The ministry should adopt a strategy for better utilization of its current resources to achieve competitive advantage and the ministry should implement programs and tests to discover the administrative talents and innovations among its employees, either by developing local scales or adapting international tests.