Evaluating the Relationship of Information Systems to Crisis Management in Libyan Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

Crisis management is witnessing rapid changes due to advances in information technology, and the development of information systems in various fields, especially in the field of higher education during the spread of the Corona pandemic, has led to the need to study the relationship between information systems and crisis management. This study aims to identify the degree of relationship between the application of the six procedures and controls for information systems and the five stages of crisis management from the point of view of workers in the information and documentation centers at the University of Benghazi, University of Tripoli and the Libyan International Medical University, Libya. The descriptive-analytical method was applied to this study in addition to analyzing the results using a statistical application called the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), which was used to calculate the frequencies for each procedure and create tables and charts. To analyze the data, we used Mean and Standard deviations, standard error, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient as a statistical relationship. The study determined whether or not there is a correlation between the independent variables, i.e., the six procedures and controls on the information systems scale (data, physical requirements, software requirements, networks and communications, data and information security, human resources) and the dependent variable, i.e., the five stages on the crisis management scale (the stage of discovery of warning signals, the stage of Preparedness and prevention, damage containment stage, activity recovery stage, learning stage).