QUESTION 1

Heads of Schools are accepted to be skilful and possess the necessary competencies in order to lead and handle their schools more professionally.

(a) Identify any four leadership skills and examine them.

(b) Essentially discuss how Heads of Schools can apply them in order to lead and control their schools more professionally.

QUESTION 2

Examine critically what you consider to be reasons for running a staff development programme in education. Exemplify your answer with examples from your practice.

QUESTION 3

Conflicts are common in organisations. If they are bound to occur, there are many strategies which can be used to address them namely, Conflict Avoidance, Conflict Diffusion, Conflict Containment and Conflict Confrontation. Essentially analyse them and apply them to any case of conflict you have identified.

QUESTION 4

Individuals are not willing to believe change. Write down any five reasons for their unwillingness. Examine the strategies that Heads of schools can use to address resistance.

QUESTION 5

If you were leading and managing an educational institution, that theory or theories of motivation would you have found more useful to add to the productivity of your staff. Provide with at least three examples from your work knowledge.