EFFECTIVENESS OF MIDDLE LEVEL MANAGERS OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN CAGAYAN VALLEY, PHILIPPINES
Keywords:
Middle-level Managers, Effectiveness, Management Skills, Leadership Style, CorrelatesAbstract
The study aimed to assess the correlates of the effectiveness of middle-level managers of State Universities and Colleges in Cagayan Valley.The study which was designed as a descriptive research used the researcher made questionnaire to determine the effectiveness of the middle-level managers. To ascertain their leadership styles, the study used the Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid Questionnaire.
The correlates of the effectiveness of middle level managers were the total number of teaching hours per week, articles written/published, membership in professional and community organizations and age.
Several problems had been noted adversely affecting the effectiveness of the middle-level managers in the exercise of their managers functions. The most serious ones include the inadequate budget, presence of school personnel with vested interest, uncooperative school personnel, school site ownership problem, vandalism on school facilities and projects, poor communication and management information system, lack of understanding and support from the top-level management, remote school site relative to the population center, high rate of students’ drop-out irrelevant course offerings, and enrolment competition with private schools. To remedy these problems, the author presented some recommendations to improve management effectiveness.
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