اثر القيادة التحويلية في الاستعداد لادارة الازمات

The study aimed to find the level of the transformational leadership practice and the readiness to manage crisis within the Arab Potash Company and the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company as well as identifying the impact of exercising transformational leadership with its various dimensions in being ready to manage crisis in the those companies. A questionnaire was formulated to collect the required data achieving an Acceptable true and stability significances. The study sample was composed of (359) male and female workers from the two companies; Arab Potash and Jordan Phosphate Mines. The workers were selected using the simple random method. The outcome revealed that the level of exercising transformational leadership in general and in the different phases fall within the Average with the exception of the ideal impact dimension which was found to be highly exercised. Furthermore, the level of preparedness for crisis management was found to be Average. The results also revealed that the exercise of the transformational leadership accounts for (64.1%) of the crisis management preparedness and the most effective transformational leadership in crisis management preparedness is the empowerment dimension followed by the individual consideration then the brainstorming dimension. The study came up with a number of recommendations most notably: encouraging top management at the Arab Potash and the Jordan Phosphate companies to adopt the transformational leadership pattern with its five dimensions as this implementation will result in successful crisis management and enhancing the competitiveness of the two companies. Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Crisis Management Preparedness, Arab Potash Company, Jordan Phosphate Mines Co.