The impact of business intelligence components on organizational improvement considering the mediating role of organizational innovation and analytical capabilities of business intelligence in educational organizations (Kashan University case study)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Master Student of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran.

10.48301/kssa.2022.333070.2039

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the research was to investigate the impact of business intelligence components on organizational excellence, considering the mediating role of organizational innovation and analytical capabilities of business intelligence in educational organizations. Methodology: The research method in terms of practical purpose and the statistical population of the research were 300 employees of Kashan University, 175 of whom were randomly selected based on Morgan's table. The data collection tool was the 30-item business intelligence questionnaire of Popovitch et al. (2012) with a reliability of 0.974, the researcher-made 17-item organizational innovation questionnaire with a reliability of 0.895, and the 36-item organizational excellence questionnaire of Jocarlos Bolosar (2005) with a reliability of 0.980. Spss software was used to describe the data and lisrel software was used for structural equation modeling in inferential analysis. Findings: The results of the confirmatory factor loadings of the t-statistics of business intelligence on organizational excellence of 21.51 and organizational innovation of 16.96 show that there is a significant correlation between the variables. Business intelligence, through the component of analytical capabilities with a factor loading of 17.32, has the highest correlation with excellence and organizational innovation. Discussion and conclusion: The component of analytical capabilities of business intelligence has a direct impact on innovation and organizational excellence. Managers can lead the educational organization towards innovation and organizational excellence by considering the technology infrastructure and the human factor specialized in the field of information analysis.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 03 October 2022
  • Receive Date: 19 March 2022
  • Revise Date: 24 August 2022
  • Accept Date: 01 October 2022