The Sociological Values of Well-: being and Working Relationship in an Educational Organization: Basis for Continuous Improvement Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In the Department of Education, to avoid recurring unpleasant events, continuous improvement programs are being conducted. As defined by the DepEd, Continuous Improvement is a process to continually assess, analyze, and proceed on the performance of key processes focusing on both stakeholders needs and desired performance. The study is concerned with the sociological values of well-: being and working relationship of cluster III public secondary teachers of Batangas City which provided the basis for the proposed continuous improvement program for school year 2016-: 2017.

METHODS

The methods of data collection that were employed were the questionnaire and interview method. There were 149 public high school teachers from cluster III in Batangas City. The questionnaire was divided into three parts which aimed to gather information about the profile of the respondents, the assessment of the teacher's well-: being, and their working relationship. The interview was employed to gather information on the challenges encountered by teachers in dealing with their co-: workers.

RESULTS

The analysis on the teachers' working relationship revealed that they have a harmonious relationship with their co-: workers. This meant that employees who were happy and contented in their endeavor demonstrated high productivity in the workplace. In the interviews conducted, results showed that teachers were experiencing challenges when it came to their working relationship. Some of the reasons could be lack of trust, lack of respect, miscommunication among teachers, not being able to relate well with one another, and misunderstanding caused by individual differences.

DISCUSSIONS

There has to be a Continuous Improvement Program for the Well-: being and Working Relationships among teachers of the five public secondary schools in Cluster III in Batangas City. There is still room for further improvement even if the teachers were satisfied and contented. Such Continuous Improvement Program would open further opportunity for future follow-: up study.