The role of leadership skills in promoting Strategic Entrepreneurship Through the flexibility of human resources: escriptive analytical study in Rafidain Bank

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the leadership skills role in in achieving strategic entrepreneurship through human resources flexibility at Rafidain Public Bank (RPB). The actual environment challenges require that the bank leadersip must have different skills and abilities that enable it to forecsat the future and to deal with the opportunities and the threats efficiently and effectively. A questionnaire was used as a principle instrument to gather the the needed data from a sample of 64 managers and supervisors working at RPB . Some statistical methods were used –like correlation and path analysis – to analyse data and to conclude the results. The most important conclusion in this study indicate that the HR flexibility has a significant role in increasing the impact of leadership skills on strategic entrepreneurship; skills flexibility, behavior skills, and HR practices are leading to bigger increase in the levels of relationships exchange quality, then the strategic leadership is consolidated. The paper recommends that it is very important to build solid educational and developmental programs that empower managers to be good leaders to occupy the highest positions in the bank with the goal of adapting to the environment changes