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College of Education
ENG 104: Language, Culture and Society
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CHAPTER 8
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Organizational Leadership

In organizational leadership, leaders help set strategic goals for the organization, while
motivating individuals within the organization to successfully carry out assignments in order to
realize those goals. In the school setting, the school leader helps set the goals/targets for the
school and motivates teachers, parents, learners, non-teaching personnel and other members of
the community to do their task to realize the school goals.

Organizational leadership works towards what is best for individual member and what is
best for the organization as a group at the same time. Organizational leadership does not sacrifice
the individual members for the sake of the people nor sacrifice the welfare of the group for the
sake of individual members. Both individual and group are necessary.

Organizational leadership is also an attitude and a work ethic that empowers an

individual in any role to lead from the top, middle, or bottom of an organization. Applied to the
school setting, the school leader helps anyone from the organization not necessarily from the top
to lead others. An example of this leadership which does not necessarily come from the top of
the organization is teacher leadership.

Leadership Versus Management

Are leadership and management synonymous? Is a leader a manager or is a manager a

leader? If I am a good leader, does it follow that I am also a good manager? Or if I am a good
manager, am I at the same time a good leader? Not necessarily.

School Head Must be Both a Leader and a Manager

A school head must be both a leader and a manager.

Study the Figure below.

A school head leads the school and community to formulate the vision, mission, goals,
and school improvement plan. This is a leadership function. S/he sees to it that this plan gets well
implemented on time and so ensures that the resources needed are there, the persons to do the job
are qualified and available. This is a management function. Imagine if the school head is only a
leader. You have the vision, mission, goals and school plan but no implementation. The plan is
good only in paper. If you do the task of a manager only, you will be focusing on the details of
the day-of-day implementation without the big picture, the vision and mission. So it big picture
for connect and meaning. This means that it is best that a school leader is both a leader and a
manager.

Table 3. Comparison of Manager and Leader

MANAGERS
VERSUS
LEADERS
MANAGERS LEADERS
Administer Innovate
Their process is transactional; meet objectives Their process is transformational; develop a
and delegate tasks. vision and find a way forward.
Work Focused People Focused
The goal is to get things done. They are skilled The goals include both people and results.
at allocating work. They care about you and want you to succeed.
Have Subordinates Have Followers
They create circles of power and lead by They create circles of influence and lead by
authority. inspiring.
Do Things Right Do the Right Thing
Manager enact the existing culture and Leaders shape the culture and drive integrity.
maintain status quo.

Type of skills demanded of teachers

Leaders use 3 broad types of skills:

1. Technical- refers to any type of process or technique like sending e-mail, preparing a
power point presentation.
2. Human- human skill is the ability to work effectively with people and to build
teamwork. This is also referred to as people skills or soft skills.
3. Conceptual- is the ability to think in terms of models, frameworks and broad
relationships such as long range plans.
In short, conceptual skills deal with ideas while human skill concerns relationship with
people and technical skills involved psychomotor skills and things. The ideal school
leader possesses all three.

Leadership styles

1. Autocratic- Autocratic leaders do decision making by themselves.

2. Consultative- Consultative leaders allow participation of the members of the
organization by consulting them but make the decision themselves.
3. Democratic- Democratic leaders allow the members of the organization to fully
participate in decision making. Decisions are arrive at by way of consensus.
Organization. This is genuine participation of the members of the organization which is
in keeping with school empowerment.
4. Laissez faire (free-rein)- In this leadership style, leaders avoid responsibility and leave
the members of the organization to establish their own work. This leadership style leads
to the kanya-kanya mentality, one weakness of the Filipino character.
Which leadership style is participative?

The consultative and democratic leadership styles are the only ones that allow for
participation of the members of the organization. Between the consultative and democratic
styles of leadership, the democratic style is genuinely participative because it abides by
the rule of the majority.