This study aimed at identifying the degree of practicing strategic flexibility and its relationship with the effectiveness of making strategic decision in Saudi emerging Universities from the perspective of academic leaders. The descriptive correlative approach was used by developing a 56-item questionnaire. It was applied to a sample that consisted of (143) academic leaders who were chosen randomly. The results showed that the degree of strategic flexibility in in emerging Saudi Universities was medium with an average of (2.86), and the degree of the effectiveness of making strategic decisions was medium with an average of (2.79). The results found that there was a positive correlation relationship between the domains of strategic flexibility and the effectiveness of strategic decision-making in emerging Saudi Universities. In the light of the results, the study recommended to increase the ability of strategic decision makers to generate and creative flexible alternatives and the importance of using scientific method in determining the strategic position of the university.
Fahad H. Alebieri (Sun,) studied this question.