University of Benghazi Business Incubator from an Excellence Management Perspective

Abstract

This study aims to determine the degree to which the University of Benghazi incubator practices its roles (technical/financial/legal and administrative/commercial) from the perspective of excellence management in the areas of (continuous improvement and development/human resource development/innovation and creativity). It also aims to identify the relationship between the practices of the University of Benghazi incubator and the aspects of excellence management, as well as to determine the significance of differences in the responses of the sample individuals among administrative employees regarding the University of Benghazi incubator attributed to the variables of (gender/academic qualification/length of experience). The study sample consisted of (1273) administrative employees at the University of Benghazi, and a random sample of (297) employees was selected. Relying on the descriptive analytical methodology, a questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. To analyze the study data, some statistical methods such as means, standard deviations, Pearson correlation coefficient, T-test, and analysis of variance were utilized. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which are:

• The degree of the Business Incubator at the University of Benghazi in performing its roles from the perspective of the administrative employees was generally low. • There is a strong positive correlation with statistical significance between the degree of the incubator's performance of its roles (technical, financial, legal, administrative, and commercial) and the fields of excellence management at the University of Benghazi.                 • There are no statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05) among the study sample based on the variables (gender/educational qualification/years of experience)