معوقات تطبيق التخطيط الاستراتيجي في الجامعات الأردنية والتطلعات المستقبلية لتجاوزها
The current study aims at identifying obstacles of applying strategic planning at Jordanian universities and the future aspirations to overcome such obstacles. A questionnaire consisting of (45) is prepared, developed and divided into (4) areas including human, organizational, technical and financial obstacles. Having verified the validity and reliability of the instrument, the instrument is applied to a sample of (450) members selected randomly. The results of the study show that the obstacles that prevent the strategic planning at Jordanian universities are (average to high). The field of financial obstacles has ranked first. The field of human obstacles has ranked last. There are statistically significant differences at the level (α =0.05) for public universities. The most important future aspiration to overcome these obstacles is "the participation of staff in preparing and applying strategic plans". In the light of these findings, the study reveals many recommendations. The most important ones are the need to eliminate financial obstacles through following many procedures. (Published abstract)