LINE AND STAFF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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This paper examined line and staff organizational structure in Nigeria. The line organization is the simplest organizational structure. It is the "doing" organization, in that the work of all organizational units is directly involved in producing and marketing the organization's goods and services. There are direct vertical links between the different levels of the scalar chain. The paper is of the opinion that line authority makes a manager to instruct subordinates on what to do. Here, authority flows vertically down through the structure. This is said to be a direct relationship between superior and subordinate officers, and also each subordinate is made responsible to only one person. The paper noticed that except in situations where there is delegated authority and assignment of responsibility for some specific functions, there naturally exist no formal relationship between the personal assistant or aid and other staff members. The paper also noted that there should spelt rules and duties of the line and the staff personnel’s in the organization to avoid conflict among them. Also recommended by the paper is that a general overseer should be appointed to coordinate and integrate the operations and functions of both the line managers and those arts.
Keywords: line, staff organizational structure, line authority, line-staff authority
PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT AS CORRELATES TO TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE
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The study investigated principals’ leadership and involvement as correlates to teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. Two objectives, research questions and corresponding null hypotheses each guided the study. The study adopted correlational survey design. The population of the study involved all 286 principals and 6, 893 teachers of public senior secondary schools in Rivers State, which made up a total population of 7,179 principals and teachers. The sample of the study was 861 which comprised of 61 principals and 800 teachers, totaling 861 respondents which represented 12% of the total population through stratified random sample technique. The instrument for this study was a self-designed questionnaire titled: Principals’ Leadership and Involvement Questionnaire (PLIQ) and Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools (TJPPSSSQ). To validate the research instrument, copies were presented to the researcher’s supervisor and two experts in educational management department, from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State to scrutinize and make corrections. In testing the consistency of the instrument, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to determine the reliability of the instrument which yielded .81 and .83 indices respectively. The researcher administered copies of the questionnaires directly to respondents with the help of three research assistants. A total of 861 questionnaires were distributed, 818 were retrieved, which represented 95% response rate which was deemed reliable for the analysis. In analyzing the data for the study, mean and standard deviation statistics were used to answer the research questions, while all the hypotheses were tested with Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient at .05 level of significance with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0. The findings of the study have revealed a very significant relationship that exists between principals’ leadership and involvement and teachers’ job performance in the public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. The study concluded that Principals' involvement, accountability, and innovation create lasting success in the educational institution. The study recommended that the Rivers State Senior Secondary School Management Board should improve on the organization of seminars, conferences, and workshops for senior secondary school principals to enhance their leadership competences.
Keywords: Principals, Leadership, Involvement, Teachers Job Performance
