Components and obstacles to administrative reform in universities, Salahaddin University/Erbil (a model) Analytical study

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Abstract: Administrative reform aims to achieve many goals, the most important of which are improving the level of performance of the administrative apparatus, raising its productivity, increasing the efficiency of government agencies, facilitating administrative procedures, adopting modern administrative systems, and using technology and scientific and information development to build an effective administrative structure and the optimal distribution of cadres and qualifying them administratively and academically according to scientific standards for evaluation and follow-up. Avoid bureaucracy and routine. Therefore, the university administration has a great responsibility to reform the university and develop its administrative apparatus, by implementing comprehensive and profound administrative reform in light of strategic management, and searching for an effective administrative model. Administration is the lifeblood of the university’s functions, and it is the first driver of various pedagogical, academic, and research activities. Administrative performance is a complement and a main pillar of scientific performance. What is noted is the significant lack of application of the strategic management style in many institutions, especially universities. This is why we must shift from traditional management to strategic management by adopting a set of principles, such as setting applicable strategic goals with clear values and mission within medium and long-term plans, and activating the principle of participation in administrative management. The experience of Salahaddin University - Erbil in administrative reform is very important, whether it is related to administrative work, the rules for organizing work, departments, and university departments, and the reflection of this on the scientific side, as we find many successes at these levels. Salahaddin University - Erbil also experienced many problems, perhaps the most important of which are the administrative formulas in managing the various files that led to many imbalances in many administrative, scientific and research fields and to the weakness of the intellectual, social and cultural level of the students as a result of the long-standing continuous reliance on the semi-quantitative assimilation policy. Randomness, and the absence of university administrative governance on the basis of which academic and administrative returns can be evaluated objectively © 2023 TUJR, College of Law, Tikrit University