FUNCTIONAL ISOLATION CHALLENGES AND THE IMPACT ON INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE: RESULTS FROM AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON THE STATE COUNCIL AND SHURA COUNCIL IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN
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Functional Isolation, Institutional Performance Efficiency, Shura Council, State Council.Abstract
Determining the degree of influence of functional isolation on organizational performance efficiency and investigating the extent to which the effects of functional isolation are reflected on how they impact institutional performance. Thus, the purpose of this article is to understand the impact of functional isolation on the organizational performance efficiency of employees in the State Council and Shura Council in the Sultanate of Oman. The researcher adopted a quantitative approach as a method for data collection, distributing the study tool to the population, which consisted of 171 individuals. The results revealed a low level of perceived functional isolation as one of the aspects of occupational alienation among employees of the State Council and Shura Council in Oman. There were no statistically significant differences in the respondents' answers regarding the impact of functional isolation on the institutional performance efficiency of the study sample, attributed to personal variables. The study recommends establishing clear parameters and providing a clear job description for each career path within the State Council and Shura Council, informing employees of these roles. It also suggests setting clear performance evaluation criteria linked to job competencies that employees can access.
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