The Effect of Strategic Intelligence on Combacting Administrative Corruption: An Empirical Study on the Employees in the Ministry of Finance in Alexandria

This study aims to identify the dimensions of strategic intelligence that enable the leaders in the Ministry of Finance combact administrative corruption using innovative techniques and methods. Data were collected using a questionnaire that included questions on demographic data, 32 items related to the independent variable (strategic intelligence) and 21 items related to the dependent variable (administrative anti-corruption). A simple random sample was selected from the employees in the Ministry of Finance. Three hundrads and eighty-four questionnaires were distributed. Only three hundrads and eighteen questionnaires were completed and used in statistical analyses. Results revealed that, from the point of view of the empolyees in the Ministry of Finance, all dimensions of strategic intelligence have had a statistically significant impact on administrative anti-corruption and its dimensions. Foresight, systemic thinking and motivation affected administrative anti-corruption. Visioning and partnership did not have any statistically significant impact on administrative ant-corruption. Most strategic intelligence dimensions have had a statistically significant impact on behavioural, financial and criminal anti-corruption dimensions. Generally, systemic thinking was the most influential dimension in administrative anti-corruption. Partnership was the most influentional dimension of strategic intelligence in financial and criminal dimensions of administrative anti-corruption. Finally, motivation was the most influentional dimension of strategic intelligence in the behavioural dimension of administrative anti-corruption.