Relationship between Administrators’ Decision Making and Teamwork in the Schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 29

Abstract

              This research aimed to study 1) a level of administrators’ decision making in the schools, 2) a level of teamwork in the schools, and 3) relationship between administrators’ decision making and teamwork in the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 29. The samples used in this research were 357 participants: 81 school administrators and 276 teachers working in the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 29. The research instrument was a questionnaire created by the researchers. The statistical instruments were frequency, percentage, mean (), standard deviation (S.D), and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient analysis. 

            The research findings were found as follows.

1. The findings of the level of the administrators’ decision making in the schools revealed that the level of the administrators’ decision making in the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 29 in the overall was at a high level. When each aspect was considered, the findings indicated that the administrators made decision based on the information they received from their controlees. The level of their decision making was at the highest level, followed by the administrators having their controlees participate in their decision making, and the administrators making decision by themselves which was at the lowest level.
2. The findings of the study of the level of the teamwork in the school indicated that the level of the teamwork in the school in the overall was at a high level. When each aspect was considered, the human relation was at the highest level of the teamwork, followed by the good communication, and the trust among the co-workers which was at the lowest level.
3. The findings indicated that the relation between the administrators’ decision making and teamwork in the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 29 in the overall was in positive relationship at a high level with the statistical significance at the level of .01.