Doctorate for Researcher Abdul Karim Ahmed Hussein from the Business Administration Center
Researcher Abdul Karim Ahmed Hussein Al-Dailami has been awarded a PhD in Business Administration Philosophy from the Business Administration Center for Postgraduate Studies (CBA) at Sana’a University for his thesis entitled: “The Alignment of Organizational Structure and Strategy and its Impact on Organizational Performance Through Leadership Style: A Field Study of Opinions of a Sample of Managers in Yemeni Business Organizations”. The Viva defence took place on Monday, 25/8/1446 AH, corresponding to 24/2/2025 AD.
The Viva committee consisted of the following professors:
* Assistant Professor Abdullah Abdullah Al-Sanafi, Internal Examiner, Sana’a University.
* Professor Abdullatif Musleh Ayedh, External Examiner, University of Science and Technology.
* Professor Sinan Ghaleb Al-Marhathi, Supervisor, Sana’a University.
The study aimed to measure the reality of alignment between organizational structure and strategy in the Yemeni business organizations and to measure its impact on the performance of these organizations, considering leadership style as an intermediate variable. It also aimed to test the differences in the level of organizational performance according to the strategy pattern, the nature of the organizational structure, the leadership style, the field of activity, and the age of the organization.
The study cames out with a number of results and conclusions, the most prominent of which are:
* The mechanical organizational structure, the prospector strategy pattern, and the producer leadership style prevail in large industrial and service Yemeni business organizations.
* The Yemeni business organizations included in the study have not reached a sufficient level of maturity to enable them to use the organic organizational structure.
* The mixed organizational structure affects the performance of Yemeni business organizations to a greater extent compared to the mechanical organizational structure.
* The analytical strategy affects the performance of Yemeni business organizations to a greater extent than the prospector strategy.
* There is a severe weakness in the interest of Yemeni business organizations in aligning the used strategy pattern with the nature of the appropriate organizational structure.
* Yemeni business organizations implement procedures to align the organizational structure with the strategy, but they do not achieve optimal alignment.
* The prospector strategy aligns to a medium degree with the mixed organizational structure and to a weak degree with the mechanical organizational structure.
* The analytical strategy aligns to a high degree with the mechanical organizational structure.
* The general performance level of Yemeni business organizations is somewhat high.
* Aligning the mechanical organizational structure with the analytical strategy leads to a greater improvement in the overall performance of the organization than aligning the mixed organizational structure with the prospector strategy.
* In the event that optimal alignment between organizational structure and strategy is not achieved, the organization’s performance depends mainly on the followed strategy pattern, and the impact of imperfect alignment is less important in performance.
* There is no impact of aligning the mechanical organizational structure with the prospector strategy on the organization’s performance.
* The producer leadership style partially mediates the impact of aligning the mixed organizational structure and the prospector strategy on the performance of Yemeni business organizations.
* The producer leadership style does not mediate the impact of aligning the mechanical organizational structure with both the prospector strategy and the analytical strategy on the performance of Yemeni business organizations.
* The level of performance of Yemeni business organizations differs according to the strategy pattern, the nature of the organizational structure, the leadership style, and the age of the organization.
* The level of performance of Yemeni business organizations does not differ according to the field of activity.
The study suggested a number of recommendations, the most important of which are:
The need to enhance the level of managers’ knowledge about aligning organizational structure with strategy and the ways to achieve this.
Conducting periodic studies and analyses to measure the level of alignment between the organization’s strategy and its organizational structure and taking the necessary measures to achieve this.
The producer leadership style can be adopted in the case of aligning the mixed organizational structure with the prospector strategy.
The Viva was attended by a number of academics, researchers, and interested individuals, as well as the researcher’s colleagues and family members.
