1. Back ground Globally, educating a nation remains the most vital strategy for the development of the society throughout the developing world (Aikman & Unterhalter, 2005). The effect of leadership style on academic performance has been widely debated in recent scholarly work. Only a small fraction of available studies on school leadership deal with its effects on academic performance. There is also increasing recognition that schools require effective leaders and managers if they are to provide the best possible education for their learners. Schools need trained and committed teachers but they, in turn, need the leadership of highly effective principals and support from other senior and middle managers. The head teacher has always been looked …show more content…
Indeed this is portrayed in the NECTA results of those schools like school A and B who mentioned that they use more of democratic leadership style than any other type of leadership style. There is progressive improvement in their academic performance. This is in line with Okoth (2000), who carried out a study on the effects of leadership styles on students‟ performance in K.C.S.E. in Nairobi Province, Kenya, and found out that head teachers rated as being democratic had high mean performance index than autocratic head teachers. The findings contradict Njuguna (1998) who found that there is no significant relationship between leadership styles and students‟ K.C.S.E. performance. Huka (2003), brings a point of contradiction by noting that head teachers who are rated most democratic had the lowest mean scores in academic performance. Also Kendra Cherry a psychology expert argues that although democratic leadership has been described as the most effective leadership style, it has some potential downsides. In situations where roles are unclear or time is an important factor, democratic leadership can lead communication failures and uncompleted projects. In some cases group members may not have the necessary knowledge or expertise to make quality contributions to the decision making process. 9. Conclusion Based on the findings it was concluded that majority of secondary school head teachers in Meru district had adopted democratic leadership style. Schools which had adopted democratic leadership style had mixed results regarding students’ performance in the NECTA performance; findings show that there are those who performed well while other performed poorly but to a larger extent democratic leadership leads to better academic performance. 10.
Researchers are inclined to believe that this leadership style is usually the most effective, since its benefits far outweigh any potential costs. Increased followers’ productivity, satisfaction and entanglement are the usual consistent output that arise when adopting a democratic
Even in case of negative result they don’t feel angry and understand the reasons of difficult decision. Second, democratic leadership increase employees’ commitment significantly. When people know that their opinion will be heard they much more likely to come up with creative solutions, which can more effective than existing solutions. However, democratic style has some disadvantages.
Alma Monge Prof. Joan Ready BSC407_08_MM: The Effective Organization 6 August 2015 According to Cherry (n.d.), the democratic leadership style is also know as participative leadership specifically because individuals forming part of the group are able to have a more participative function in the group’s decision-making processes. All members of the group are able to participate as they please given the free exchange of opinions and ideas, and the continuous encouragement of discussion about group issues and projects. Democratic leadership is characterized by the promoting of team members’ sharing of ideas and opinions but with the leader(s) preserving the final word about the team’s decision-making. The democratic leadership style’s
Leaders have a deeper understanding and influence on schools by providing comprehensive leadership that targets and extends high standards. Another purpose is social responsibility and making a difference in children’s lives. Educational leaders of change focus on developing teachers both individually and collectively, school climate, parent and community ties (Fullan, 2015). Equally important, a change leader needs to close the achievement gap between high and low-performance schools. Change Leaders need to be: Engage, and practice Coherence: building relationships, and diverse knowledge
Another key area noted in the article is the notion of children are not being educated to meet the economic demands of society yet we delve on answers from an archaic approach. This approach however, has similar assumptions which persuade us that leader and leadership are the same. In arriving at a distinct difference the right qualities and characteristics of a leader must be ascertained and the problems surrounding leadership will be derived at, are what the writer alluded to. She further reminded us that individuals must see themselves as leaders for leadership to be redefined in today’s
The main aim of this section is to review the current the theoretical studies and concepts in the areas of leadership, staff motivation, job satisfaction, leadership styles, distributed leadership styles, influence of leadership style, principal's leadership style and teachers' effectiveness, and teachers' job satisfaction as affected by principal's leadership style. Each theme will be discussed to elucidate the theoretical foundation for conceptual approach of this study. Leadership Theories This literature review aims to compile an evolving schools of thought on various leadership styles and theories.
…….. Department of …………………. 23rd November, 2017 Table of Contents Introduction 5 Different leadership styles 6 Autocratic leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 6 Democratic leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 7 Bureaucratic leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 7 Charismatic leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 7 Laissez-Faire leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 8
Leading and Managing Instruction in a College in Bangladesh Introduction A lot of emphasis is currently placed on the need for principals to be instructional leaders or leaders of learning, primarily because this type of leadership has a stronger impact on student outcomes than other types of leadership (Robinson, Lloyd, & Rowe, 2008). Instructional leadership has a strong influence on the success of a school as perceived by Western scholars (Hallinger & Murphy, 1985; Debevoise, 1984; Blase, 2000; Quinn, 2002). Instructional leadership is very important because it can produce effective teaching and learning among the teachers and students who can produce excellent academic performance (Hallinger and Heck, 1996; Johnson, et al., 2000). According
Three different leadership styles make up the leadership style survey: authoritarian, democratic, and delegative. I scored most in democratic. Several leadership management theories can be used to help describe my democratic leadership style. Also, I would work in a certain type of environment and have key behaviors that I would use in the said environment to be a successful leader. My personal leadership style is that of a democratic style.
Leadership is an important aspect in our life. It is all started within a basic unit of family which the father held the responsibilities as a leader that lead family towards happiness. Leadership skills also been practiced at the primary school level where there are class monitor or class president who is in charge of the class. The major aspect is for government where a leader is elected or appointed in order to rule the country. Leadership style is classified as the way leaders perform their role and how their action and attitude toward members of the group (Mullin, 1999).
Some leadership style can lead to a success or failure, but there are also leadership style that hinders the development of the organization. This showed that leadership cannot always be effective. Sethuraman and Suresh (2014) supported Popa (2012) statement. They claimed that the most appropriate leadership style depends on the situation. One effective leadership style may effective to certain situation, but turn to ineffective when apply to another situation.
2.1 Leadership is a strategy for control in which one individual can join to contribute and bolster others in the development and accomplishment of an undertaking or obligation, and it is the performing of driving others. Administration style is the technique and methodology of giving way; apply plans, and alluring people. The three most critical styles of initiative are autocratic, democratic and laissez faire. • Autocratic: This style is utilized when pioneers tell their representatives what they need finished and how they need it performed, without accomplishment the suggestion of their gathering. Autocratic style utilized as a part of circumstances where control and management is required, frequently where there is little edge for
Faculty Leadership Judith Little (2000) has described a school education analog of college and university faculty leadership, called “teacher leadership,” where “teachers are expected to exert the kind of influence on one another that would enhance success and satisfaction with students” (Little, 2000, p. 393). In a historical analysis of the evolution of the profession of teaching in both schools and post-secondary institutions, Gerald Grant and Christine Murray (1999) delineated how “schoolteaching and professing” have institutionalized differently over time, and yet they shared the “essential acts of teaching” (p. 32). Schoolteachers and college and university faculty share the essential acts of “knowing the student, engaging and motivating,
This style can hinder staff ideas that may be beneficial for the setting but in the hand, it can be helpful in other situation such as where finance is involve. Democratic leaders enable their team to make contribution but they make the final decision. This leadership style inspires teamwork and motivate them to do their best. This enables staff to nurture and develop skills - why is this important in the workplace? Bureaucratic leaders “manage by the book”, they focus on job to be by policies and procedures.
It is extremely important to have expert quality leadership in an educational setting, as there is a ‘high correlation between effective leadership and outcomes for children.’ (Audbury, 2011.P.54) The majority of studies on schools effectiveness have shown both ‘primary and secondary leadership