Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Decision-Making in Higher Education Leadership
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https://doi.org/10.22555/pbr.v27i4.1467Keywords:
Artificial intelligence, decision-making, higher education, efficiency, effectiveness, leadershipAbstract
The adoption of AI can be beneficial in the educational market where the privilege of data collection and analysis can support policymakers and leaders in handling comprehensive data and meeting the challenges of providing quality education overall in higher education. The study aims to review the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Decision-Making in Higher Education Leadership specifications. The study has chosen the primary quantitative method. A set of 150 sample has been used to explore the specific method. The data has been tested using PLS software. The final outlook has been created using the results based on the excel sheets based on the results for 4 hypotheses. All the hypotheses are proved as positive and it is found that artificial intelligence has a positive impact on leadership effectiveness in higher education. This has been proved using the variables and checking their influence. Based on results, study recommends the use of AI in leadership in higher education. It is recommended that the monitoring should be done and it should be made sure that the correct use of the relevant operations have been used.
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