Master’s Degree Awarded to Mr. Mamdouh Saleh Mohammed in Educational
Administration and Planning
Mr. Mamdouh Saleh Mohammed Salem Al-Sadah was awarded a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration and Planning with an average of excellent and a grade of (95) for his thesis titled: Proactive Leadership Practices and Their Relationship to Strategic Entrepreneurship among Academic Leaders at Sana’a University, which was submitted to the Department of Educational Administration and Planning, Faculty of Education,– Sana’a University. The MA defense was held on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
The MA Viva-voce Committee, which was formed based on a resolution issued by the Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Council, consisted of the following:
# Committee Members Designation Position
1 Assoc. Prof. Fahd Saleh Qasem Maghrabah External Examiner Chair
2 Assist. Prof. Abdulkhaleq Mohammed Al-Duais Main Supervisor Member
3 Assist. Prof. Anwar Yahya Yahya Abu Hadi Internal Examiner Member
The thesis aimed to:
Identify the reality of proactive leadership practices and strategic entrepreneurship among academic leaders at Sana’a University from the perspective of the study sample.
Examine whether there were statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level in respondents’ views regarding the practice of proactive leadership and strategic entrepreneurship attributed to variables such as gender, job title, academic rank, and years of experience.
Explore the nature of the relationship between proactive leadership and strategic entrepreneurship among academic leaders at Sana’a University.
The study yielded several key findings summarized as follows:
The level of proactive leadership practices among academic leaders at Sana’a University was high, with a mean score of 3.82.
The level of strategic entrepreneurship practice among academic leaders was also high, with a mean score of 3.65.
The strongest dimensions were proactive personality (3.75) and entrepreneurial thinking (3.73).
The dimensions most in need of improvement were proactive orientation (3.75) and resource management (3.55).
In light of these findings, the researcher recommended the following:
Developing specialized training programs.
Strengthening strategic resource management practices.
Supporting creativity and innovation.
Establishing a unified organizational framework.
The defense session was attended by a number of academics, researchers, students, colleagues, and the researcher’s family.
