DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2017.v04i10.001

Pages: 669-680

University education is the backbone of any country to nurture the intellectual capital. The research presented here is exploratory in nature, where the emphasis is on exploring the dimensions of leadership practices implemented in the university to transform students from a common person to a leader. The leadership decides the movement of any country and clarity in objective of the leader makes the venture successful. For this comparative evaluation of university competence, two universities have been taken in consideration for study ISHIK University and Salahaddin University are private and public respectively situated in the same city, Erbil. Both universities have implemented almost all leadership practices guided by ministry of higher education, but the implementation and effect is the major issue for the benefit of students. The study is based on a standard instrument [1] used by many countries like USA, UK and Newzealand. Leadership practices dimensions are filtered and used in this study are university culture, policies and procedures, organization and resources, programs and instructions and university community relations. For the purpose of better understanding two samples of 225 respondents collected from both universities based on the literature by Cohen. The simple random sampling method of probability sampling is best suited for this research. Primary data collected and analyzed using SPSS 23 for statistical tests like t-test and paired t- test. Findings observed based on this analysis and prepares the platform for managerial implication and conclusion. The university competence for building the leader is one of the most important aspect of the university education system. The result is the comparative outcome, so can benefit both universities to strengthen their weak areas and can help students and parents in choosing the best university for acquiring the leadership skills through the higher education.