Application of E-Management and its Obstacles from Perspectives of Faculty Members at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University

Reema Mahmoud Abod  AlOqlah

doi:10.36941/jesr-2021-0067

Authors

Reema Mahmoud Abod AlOqlah Assistant Professor, Self- Department, Deanship of the Preparatory Year and Supporting Studies, Imam Abdurrahman AlFaisal University, Dammam, P.O. Box: 1982, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2021-0067

Keywords:

E-Management, Organizational obstacles, Technical and financial obstacles, Teaching, Human obstacles

Abstract

E-Management is very important in the current high-tech word, and it plays a vital role in the world’s progress in general and academic field in particular. This study aimed to determine the degree of application of electronic management at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University and to identify the obstacles facing its application. The overall sample participated in this study was 285. A quantitative research design was employed in this study in which an adapted questionnaire was administered to the participants of this study. The sample includes faculty members from Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University. The results showed that the E-Management is reasonable applied at the university. Also, the results revealed that the organizational obstacles are insignificant, in addition, that the human obstacle is the most important obstacle among other obstacles, followed by the technical and financial obstacles, while the organizational obstacles came in the last rank. Some recommendations were provided based on the results of the present study.

Received: 15 February 2021 / Accepted: 19 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021