The impact of creative thinking on decision-making from the point of view of those working in supervisory positions in the Jordanian Ministry of Education (a case study on the Ministry’s center)

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the impact of creative thinking on decision -making from the point of view of workers in supervisory positions in the Jordanian Ministry of Education (the Ministry's Center). The researcher measured the decision -making through five dimensions: fluency, flexibility, originality, detail and sense of problems, and a variable of taking through five dimensions was measured: determining the problem, identifying alternatives, evaluating alternatives, choosing the best alternative, follow -up and evaluation of the decision. The study sample was chosen from the supervisory jobs of the ministry's center. The study found an effect of the dimensions of creative thinking (fluency, flexibility, originality, detail, and the sense of problems) on decision -making.
The study concluded with a set of recommendations, which is the development of the capabilities of workers in creative thinking skills, by providing a set of training courses, and exchanging experiences with private and public sector institutions that have high capabilities in creative thinking.