Managerial Effectiveness in Selected Government TVET Colleges of Addis Ababa Addis Ababa
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purpose of the study was to assess the managerial effectiveness in
selected government TVET Colleges of Addis Ababa. Based on this, the study
tried to identify whether the deans were assigned to their deanship position
merit wise or not, assess the deans training and educational qualification,
assess the deans managerial effectiveness according to the perception of the
respondents and, identify the major factors that influence the managerial
effectiveness. The study employed descriptive survey method and was
conducted in three selected government TVET Colleges of Addis Ababa. The
respondents of the study were 118 trainers, 29 department heads and 8
deans. With regard to sampling technique, simple random sampling was used
to select trainer respondents while availability and purposive sampling
techniques were employed for the rest of the groups. In order to examine the
managerial effectiveness in the colleges, four major TVET managerial domains
were selected as managerial effectiveness criteria to examine the effectiveness
of the deans. These were ability of the deans in formulating vision and goal
setting, risk taking and decision making, instructional leadership, and
business and people management. Based on these domains, information was
obtained from the sample respondents through likert-type questionnaires and
interviews. The data obtained were computed in SPSS and analyzed using
mean values and independent t-test. The findings revealed that the deans
themselves and the department heads rated high and above in all of the four
managerial domains, while the trainers rated them low in most of the four
managerial domains. Accordingly, high significant perception difference was
observed between the trainers and the deans as well as the department
heads. The interviews result also showed that the deans' performances in
executing most of the managerial domains were unsatisfactory. Hence as
perceived by the majority of the respondents, the management is not effective
in these TVET Colleges. Among many, the major problems for the low
performance of the deans were subjective political assignment of the deans to
the deanship position and lack of adequate and continuous management and
leadership training. Therefore, it is recommended that concerned government
bodies have to establish a competence based selection criteria for the TVET
deanship posztlOn. Furthermore, continuous and programmed TVET
management training should be arranged for the deans.
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managerial effectiveness in selected government