Challenges that head teachers face in school strategy implementation in public secondary schools in meru south district in kenya.
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2013-02-19
Authors
Mate, Richard Mwenda
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Abstract
Strategic management is defined as that process of coming up with informed decisions
.that lead to successful attainment of institution objectives. In order to make proper
decisions that will ensure success of school, proper strategies need to be developed.
Strategy implementation involves putting into action the logically developed strategies
that emerge from previous steps of the strategic management process. Schools are bound
to fail in achieving their objectives if proper and effective strategies are not implemented.
The responsibility of managing the Secondary Schools requires Head Teachers to have
thorough knowledge on; change management when implementing a new strategy, dealing
with School culture for smooth implementation of the strategy, relationship between the
administrative structure and strategy implementation, different implementation
approaches to follow and other skills necessary for successful strategy implementation. In
addition to these skills, the Head Teacher as a manager is required to have adequate skills
in planning, organizing, co-coordinating and evaluation.
Other duties of the Head Teachers together with their committees or boards are being
responsible for appointment of non-teaching staff, financial management, provision and
maintenance of school facilities, management of staff welfare, and secretary to the
B.o.G. In addition he appoints competent and experienced teachers among the teaching
staff to be heads of departments where the T.S.C has not appointed and ensures
continuous professional development of all staff. The Study aimed at identifying the
major challenges faced by Head Teachers in strategy implementation in Meru South
District and at the National level. The study also highlighted the existing strategy
implementation practices by Head Teachers.
The information from this study will be useful to the education sector both at the National
and District levels. This study was carried out on the basis that the sampled Head
Teachers had been involved in strategic planning for the time they had been in their
schools. The study was limited to Meru South District in Eastern province. The ex-post
facto research design was used. The researcher did not develop new treatments but
examined the effects of naturally existing treatments. Random sampling was used to
select thirty (30) Head Teachers out of the 41 head teachers in public schools in the
District. Descriptive statistics were used for final analysis and results.
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Department of Business Administration, 70p. The LB 2822.3 .K4M3 2011
Keywords
School management and organization --Kenya --Meru South District, Strategic planning --Kenya --Meru South District