Organizational Change Management and Its Impact on Human Capital Development in Public Educational Institutions: A Field Study at the General Directorate of Education in Anbar

This study aims to diagnose the reality of organizational change management and its impact on human capital development in public educational institutions, with a focus on the General Directorate of Education in Anbar as an applied model reflecting the specificity of the Iraqi environment. The research adopted the descriptive-analytical approach based on the quantitative method, where the questionnaire was designed according to a five-point Likert scale and distributed to a stratified random sample of (184) individuals from the total research population working in the mentioned Directorate. The data were statistically treated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient to measure reliability, exploratory factor analysis to verify the factorial structure of the scales, in addition to the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, simple Pearson correlation coefficient, and independent-samples t-test for hypothesis testing. The study concluded that there is a statistically significant correlation and effect between organizational change management and its dimensions and human capital development, with variation in the relative importance of the dimensions, as the (Change Planning) dimension ranked first. The results also showed that the general level of change management and human capital development was moderate, reflecting weakness in the administrative and economic mechanisms for employing change as an input to raise institutional efficiency and productivity. The researcher recommended establishing a permanent change management unit in the Directorate, linking change plans to economic and organizational performance indicators, and developing an incentive system linked to the development of human competencies.