STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN ISLAM AND ITS ROLE IN MANAGING CORONA CRISES: AN APPLIED STUDY IN THE DIRECTORATE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF DHI QAR

Abstract

This study aims primarily to answer the questions that the authors raised previously. The study also seeks to achieve a basic goal represented in trying to identify the role of strategic leadership in the elements of social capital for workers in the special directorate, the obstacles that prevent reaching the distinguished strategic position of business organizations by employing available capabilities and resources, and the existing obstacles and crises, as well as adopting both strategic leadership and the elements of social capital as supportive methods for solving the crises in the Directorate of Municipalities of Dhi Qar. This research reached a set of results that the strategic leadership is one of the contemporary and vital topics in the strategic thought that is still in the process of framing and conceptual rooting. It is subject to different interpretations in terms of concept and measurement, and therefore it needs to explain the intellectual contents and philosophical dimensions, especially since the strategic leadership is a moving goal that cannot be fixed in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment. Understanding and realizing the social capital as a vital topic in formulating a human resources management strategy require a research into its topic as a network of useful relationships in developing the experience of diverse employees towards the building knowledge and expertise that contribute to building a model for the crisis management directorates. The crises on a large scale are faced, and in the case of man-made crises, the organizations do not only prepare to confront them if they occur, but they seek to prevent their occurrence by using crisis management and sensing as one of the important aspects of this management. Finally, the researchers recommend the necessity in future studies to activate research, theoretical, and applied contributions in the field of analyzing and diagnosing the role of strategic leadership in achieving social capital and dealing with crises in the future, which did not find tangible interest in previous literature. It is necessary for researchers to activate the role of those with experience, competence, and knowledge in participating in decision-making, taking their opinions and suggestions, as well as acquiring their ideas and applying them in projects. And, the researchers have to be encouraged to conduct in-depth research and studies with an interpretive philosophy rather than an objective one to study strategic leadership in the Iraqi directorates by adopting case studies and extensive structured interviews in an effort to identify the crisis management processing power present in the work environment of Iraqi municipalities' directorates.