School-Based Management Skills and Leadership Style Among School Administrators: its Implications to Organization

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The greatest responsibilities of any school administrator is providing managerial skills and leadership style, which begin at the top. Every administrator must determine what motivates people and what they consider important. Management and leadership provides the means of translating administrative philosophy, aims, and plans into reality by using available resources and by controlling group and individual behavior and activities. In this study, we sought to assess managerial skills and leadership style.

METHODS

The method used is the Descriptive Methods of Research with the following statistical tools Weighted Mean, Percentage Rank, Chi-Square and Regression. The respondents were the one hundred forty-two (142) teachers and fourteen (14) school heads of Laurel District, Laurel, Batangas. The respondents Age, Civil Status, Gender, Educational attainment, and Length of Teaching Experience was considered.

RESULTS

There is an effective capability on leadership skills manifested by private secondary school heads as perceived by the teachers and themselves on the variables cited-planning, organizing, and controlling. Furthermore, also on supervisory skills by the private secondary school heads as perceived by the two groups of respondents. There is a significant relationship between the capability on supervisory and leadership skills as manifested by the survey posted on the study. It is a great help to the school policy makers and curriculum designers for them to clarify the roles and duties of schoolheads.

DISCUSSIONS

The school heads should be educationally equipped and has the appropriate knowledge in supervision and leadership. She/He should maintain a well develop leadership and supervisory styles. School-based management and leadership is a keyconcept in the understanding and improving organization such as the schools. They need to learn and follow leadership in a fast changing society. Building the premise that leaders are important to educational organizations, it is of outmost importance forschool administrators to know and for the nature of existing perceptions determine to a great extent the success or failure of their work.