Change Management in Higher Education Institutions and the Requirements of their Application as Perceived by Members Teaching Staff

The research aims to identify the reality of change management in educational institutions and the requirements of their application as perceived by members of its teaching. And to identify the differences between the degrees of sample member's responses to a questionnaire of reality of change management depending on the research variables (sex, academic rank, years of experience). The researcher relied on the analytical descriptive method, and used a questionnaire consisting of five areas:(future vision of educational institutions, organizational culture that support change, workers look to the process of change, a strategy of educational institutions in the process of change, financial and technical requirements). The sample consisted of (231) member of the faculity staff in Damascus University. Among the most important findings of the research: 1) There is no statistically significant differences in the significance level (0.05) between the mean of sample member's responses to a questionnaire of the reality of change management and its requirements in accordance to the sex variable. 2) There are differences between the degrees of teachers responses to a questionnaire of the reality of change management and its requirements in accordance to the variable of academic rank according to the faculty staff members. 3) There are differences between the degrees of teachers responses to a questionnaire of the reality of change management and its requirements in accordance to the variable of number of years of experience according to the teaching staff members who have years of experience between (11-20) years. In light of the research findings , the researcher suggests the following: The necessity of opening the door to professors at different administrative levels to participate in the decision-making process by the Ministry of Education. Ø The necessity of strengthen the staff confidence of the evaluation system through the administration work to be the performance estimates more public , not secret. Ø Create an organizational culture and climate encourage the academics and expertise people higher education institutions to move towards excellence, creativity and innovation