Abahumna, Asefa (PhD)Abera, Mekuria2019-02-012023-11-102019-02-012023-11-102009-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/16189The extent to which schaul leaders experience a team work and participate in the practice oj'school decision IIIlIking has been viewed as a means 0/ satisfjling both organizational ohjective and their need. The plllpose of this stlldy is to investiga te the current pf'(lctice 0/ "dllC{ltio nal decisiun making and impleme ntation in guvernment secu ndary sch""I.I. Bes ides it intends to evaluate the level to whi ch secondmy school leaders' practice decision making and implementatior. to resolve prohlems in teach ing learning process. The method employed in the stlldy was a descriptive survey. QuesfionJ1uil'e, interview and review of documents w ere used 10 col/ect dut f /i'om 13 Prin cipals. 26 Unit leaders. 52 Department Heads and 150 Secondmy S{jhool Teachers randomly selected 13- government secondary schools in 10 sub-cities of Addis Ahaha city administration. Level a/participation in decisio n making. and implementatiol1 lI'ere measured hased on 50 decision stotements which were grouped IInd er eight IIIlIjur decision altegories. A correlation hetween decisionmaking and implementation II'lIS computed. A significant rela tion hetweer. decision making and implementation lI'erejiJUnd among eight decision categories. The pallern of responses sllggested that teachers have relatively less involvement in decision making. lvhereas principals 1111'" the lion share. Teachers reported thaI there is a need for actual participation in decision-making processes. so as to become part of the decision and implementation. Finally. the res earch investigates that teach ers prefer participating in the academic to the administrative aspec ts of school leadership and indicated th e need/or adoption of shared decision making. Because. it allows greater involvemel1l " /Ieachers in decision-making. which is an important aspect af' the decentrakaliol1 policy of' school-level-decision making and an alternative to the top-down hlirellllcratic system of schooling.enCurrent Educational Decision Making PracticeThesis