The Effect of Knowledge Upgrading on Business Continuity:A Field Research in Private Colleges and Universities in Baghdad

The research aims to study the effect of knowledge upgrade on business continuity in private colleges and universities in Baghdad. The research problem is summarized in the main question (were the academic leaders able to employ knowledge upgrading to enhance business continuity). The most important of this sector were the universities and the private college in the city of Baghdad as a field for this research, the researchers conducted a field visit to (10) universities or private colleges, the research sample consisted of (177) individuals from the deans of colleges and their assistants, as well as heads of scientific and administrative departments. The data was analyzed and the hypotheses were tested using the appropriate statistical tools using the statistical program (SPSS) and (AMOS) for data analysis. The results showed that there is a significant effect knowledge upgrading on business continuity.