The study aims to identify the effect of administrative empowerment through the (knowledge, Authorization, work teams) concept on the performance of King Abdul-Aziz hospital in Makkah City. This aim is achieved through the views of study sample about the effect of administrative empowerment on the performance according to the variables: job title, academic qualification, years of experience, gender and nationality. The researcher has used the descriptive analytical method and used the questionnaire as a tool for study. The researcher used the simple random sampling where the sample consisted of (330) individuals. The main result of this study is showing that the individuals agree about the impact of administrative empowerment in term of knowledge on performance at King Abdul-Aziz Hospital, also most of the individuals agree in general about “the impact of administrative empowerment in term of authorization on performance, other result showing that most of the individuals agree in general about” the impact administrative empowerment in term of work team on performance. The main recommendation of the study is to maintain administrative empowerment in terms of knowledge, Authorization, and work teams due to their positive impact on performance. The researcher recommended further studies on the subject as there is scarcity in such studies in the local environment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
KeywordsEmpowermentPerformanceKnowledgeAuthorizationWork Teams
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