فاعلية اتخاذ القرار لدى مديري المدارس الثانوية العامة بمدينة المرج من وجهة نظر المعلمين

Abstract

This study investigated the effectiveness of administrative decision-making among public secondary school principals in Al-Marj, from the teachers' perspective. It specifically examined the most prevalent decision-making domains: problem identification, developing solutions, evaluating alternatives, and decision communication and assessment. Additionally, the study explored potential significant differences in decision-making effectiveness based on the respondents' demographic variables.

Adopting a descriptive-analytical approach, the study targeted the entire population of secondary school teachers in Al-Marj. A simple random sample of 211 participants was selected. Data collection was conducted via a structured questionnaire, and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was employed for data analysis. Statistical techniques included percentages, frequencies, means, standard deviations, independent samples T-tests, and One-Way ANOVA.

The findings revealed a high level of overall decision-making effectiveness among school principals across all studied domains. "Problem identification" emerged as the most frequently practiced domain, followed by "decision communication and assessment," then "evaluating alternatives," while "developing solutions" ranked last. Furthermore, the results indicated statistically significant differences in perceived decision-making effectiveness attributable to gender, favoring female principals, and years of experience, favoring those with over 15 years of service. In contrast, no significant differences were found related to educational qualifications.