The role of strategic transformation in the sustainability of scientific research. Analytical research at the Kufa Studies Center

Abstract

This research paper aims at a scientific review of academic research emanating from the research centers within the formations of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, through an analytical and critical presentation of the reality of the activities provided by those centers. In addition, proposing a strategic plan represented by adopting the strategic transformation approach at the medium and long-term levels to ensure that the research outputs are consistent with the requirements of stakeholders related to the direct and indirect academic outputs. If the main problem of the research is, whether the outputs of the scientific research correspond to the labor market? By reviewing the reality of research centers in Iraq, the researchers worked to present proposals that would ensure the sustainability of research activities, through their compatibility with market requirements, and the Kufa Studies Center was one of those centers that the researchers took as a model for the study. The study reached several conclusions, the most important of which was the lack of adequate interest in research centers, similar to colleges, and the failure to provide specialized human resources from holders of scientific titles with a specific specialty This was negatively reflected in the lack of sustainability of research activities and their compatibility with what was entrusted to the work of those research centers. On the contrary, as most of the centers' affiliates are newly appointed or from individuals who have administrative problems and have been compulsorily excluded in those centers. The most prominent recommendations recommended by the study are to follow the strategic transformation approach to keep up with the research emanating from those research centers with the requirements of the external environment, and to focus on the sustainability of research and making it a priority for university leaders responsible for managing research centers.