An Investigation of the Relationship between Managers’ Skills and Their Effective Performance at Undergraduate Educational Centers

Abstract

Introduction: Required skills for educational managers can be categorized in technical, human, and cognitive fields. Skills are defined as developing abilities of human which are reflected in his/her responsibilities, survival, and actions. Therefore, skill would be considered as personal experience and effective knowledge application ability. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between educational managerial skills of the educational managers and their performance at undergraduate educational organizations in Shiraz.Method: According to the purpose and nature of the research, descriptive –correlation method was used. The subjects of this study consist of educational managers of public schools working in the city of Shiraz. The target population was all of the educational managers of undergraduate educational centers; the study population consisted of 130 educational managers of undergraduate educational centers selected based on Cochran Formula. Data collection tools in the present study included two standard questionnaires for management skills and effective performance. After the data were gathered, they were analyzed through SPSS software, version 14. Quantitative data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regressions tests.Results: Findings of this study indicated that there was a significant relationship between the total score and performance skills of the educational managers (p<0.001, R=0.38); based on the results, none of the three dimensions of technical, human, and conceptual skills of executives was able to predict effective performance.Conclusion: As management skills education has shown its considerable and positive effects in all systems, effectiveness in management and educational leadership will be achieved by absorbing, instructing and employing skillful individuals to play the mentioned role.Keywords: Management, Skills, Performance, Undergraduate