The impact of strategic intelligence, innovation, and talent management on organizational excellence: A moderated mediation analysis

The current study aims to investigate the impact of strategic intelligence on organizational excellence within private Jordanian universities, with a particular emphasis on the mediating role of innovation and the moderating role of talent management. The study targets a sample of approximately 201 participants, including employees at both top and middle management levels in private Jordanian universities. Data were gathered through structured questionnaires and analyzed using Smart PLS4-SEM. The findings indicate that strategic intelligence and innovation exert a statistically significant impact on organizational excellence in the universities surveyed, with an explanatory power of R² = 0.881. Also, it was demonstrated that there is a presence of a positive but statistically insignificant impact of talent management in enhancing the impact of strategic intelligence on organizational excellence at universities surveyed. Based on these results, the study provides several recommendations for private Jordanian universities. First, universities are encouraged to adopt strategic intelligence as a critical driver of organizational excellence, given its substantial and demonstrable impact. Furthermore, universities should prioritize the dimensions of strategic intelligence, particularly future vision, which emerged as the most prominently applied dimension. The study also underscores the importance of fostering an organizational culture conducive to innovation. Finally, future researchers are also encouraged to investigate other potential moderating variables, such as strategic ambidexterity and strategic vigilance, to deepen understanding of the factors influencing organizational excellence.