Submitted in partial fulfilment of a Master's Degree in the Department of Educational Planning and Administration at the University of Zululand, 2006. / The South African School's Act No. 84 of 1996, calls for transformational leadership in schools. Principals are under obligation to comply with the stipulations of the act, which compel them to work in democratic and participative ways. School management and governance must be inclusive with roles and responsibilities defined for educators, parents and learners. Jointly they must ensure accountability, transparency in the delivery of quality public education.
This study reviewed literature on the role of principals as change managers in schools. The Department.of Education (1999: 46-48) wishes to promote a culture of teaching and learning where respect is commanded through stature rather than status and the impetus of educational service delivery is about development rather than delivery of expertise. Principals are being called upon to manage and implement transformation that will embrace and give practical application to these ideals.
In order to test principals' commitment to and effectiveness in change management, an empirical investigation was conducted in schools in the Umbumbulu Circuit of the Ethekwini region of KwaZulu-Natal.
Findings of the study led to the following conclusions:
• principals are grappling to implement changes in schools;
• there is a lack of change management expertise in the ranks of principals;
• principals resist change instead of initiating and implementing change.
Several recommendations were drawn from the study. These included:
• The development of a greater number of workshops to capacitate principals to manage change.
• More concrete incentives are to be devised and implemented to motivate principals to accept change and implement policies that mandate change.
• Effective change management strategies must be made explicit and brought to the attention of principals as concrete measures that can be used to facilitate change.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uzulu/oai:uzspace.unizulu.ac.za:10530/690 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Makhanya, Thandi Petunia |
| Contributors | Chetty, M.K.K. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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