Participating in leadership and management training
workshops and seminars
128
41.13
Using flexible student admission procedures
129
41.14
Participating in social events and programs focused on
common areas of interest
130
41.15 Using
consultants
131
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SECTION H
Leadership and management
42. To what extent do you think the following are important in the management and leadership of your
department: Please use the scale below to indicate your response.
Scale:
1. Very important
2. Important
3. Neutral
4. Not very important;
5. Not important
Very
important
Impo
rtan
t
Neu
tr
al
No
t very
important
No
t
important
1
2
3
4
5
FOR
OFFICE
USE
ONLY
42.1 Cost-efficiency
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42.2 Value-for-money
133
42.3 Audit
134
42.4 Performance
indicators
135
42.5 Intellectual
development
136
42.6 Professionalism
137
42.7 Collaboration
138
42.8
Open and egalitarian collegiality
139
42.9
Performance, standards and improvement
140
42.10
Equal
opportunities/employment
equity
141
42.11
Social justice, equity and cooperation
142
42.12
Efficiency, individualism and competition
143
42.13
Inspirational
vision
144
42.14
Integrity, personal example and persistence
145
42.15
Nurturing creativity, learning and autonomy
146
42.16
Sharing power with members of the department
147
42.17
Delegating responsibilities to others
148
42.18
Encouraging teaching staff to use a wide variety of
teaching approaches
149
42.19
Programmes designed with flexible entry and exit points
150
42.20
Recognition of prior learning
151
42.21
Selective
admissions
policies
152
42.22
Preparing students to meet the needs of business and
industry
153
42.23
The concept of life-long learning programmes
154
42.24
Providing academic development programmes for
students
155
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SECTION I
Tasks and functions
6. Below is a list of tasks and functions identified in the literature as being performed by
heads/chairs. Please indicate the degree of importance of each task to your current position.
Please use the scale below to indicate your response:
Scale:
1. Very important
2.
Important
3.
Neutral
4. Not very important
5. Not important
Ve
ry
Important
Important
N
eutral
No
t ve
ry
Important
No
t
Important
1 2
3
4 5
FOR
OFFICE
USE
ONLY
43.1
Recruit and select staff
156
43.2
Recommend promotion of staff
157
43.3
Evaluate and appraise staff performance
158
43.4
Recruit
students
159
43.5
Seek external funding for department
160
43.6
Manage the department budget and resources
161
43.7
Foster good teaching in the department
162
43.8
Promote
staff
development
163
43.9
Develop new programmes for accreditation
164
43.10
Market new programmes
165
43.11
Conduct
departmental
meetings
166
43.12
Maintain essential records including student records
167
43.13
Organize teaching and research
168
43.14
Represent the department to higher management
169
43.15
Acquire
management
resources
170
43.16
Develop and implement long-range plans for the
department
171
43.17
Implement equal employment opportunities/employment
equity
172
43.18
Serve as link to external groups
173
43.19
Document all activities in the department for quality
audit and assessment purposes
174
43.20
Assign teaching and other responsibilities
175
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SECTION J
Role perception
44. How important to you is each role in your current position as HoD?
Please use the scale below to indicate your response:
Scale:
1. Very important
2. Important
3.
Neutral
4. Not very important
5. Not important
Very
Impo
rtant
Impo
rtant
Neu
tr
al
No
t very
importan
t
No
t
importan
t
1 2 3 4 5
FOR OFFICE
USE ONLY
44.1
Planner
176
44.2
Motivator
177
44.3
Manager
178
44.4
Researcher
179
44.5 Advisor
180
44.6 Negotiator
181
44.7 Entrepreneur
182
44.8 Recruiter
183
44.9 Decision
maker
184
44.10 Teacher
185
44.11 Delegator
186
44.12 Advocator
187
44.13 Leader
188
44.14 Evaluator
189
44.15 Innovator
190
44.16 Coordinator
191
44.17 Communicator
192
44.18 Nurturer
193
44.19 Visionary
194
44.20 Conflict
resolver
195
44.21
Resource allocator
196
44.22 Mentor
197
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SECTION K
Leadership style
45. To what extent do you agree that the following leadership traits listed here describe your style of
leadership? Please use the scale below to indicate your response:
Scale: 1.Strongly
Agree
2.Agree
3. Undecided
4.
Disagree
5. Strongly Disagree
S
tr
o
n
g
ly
a
g
re
e
A
g
ree
U
ndecided
D
isagree
Strong
ly
d
isagree
1
2 3 4 5
FOR
OFFICE
USE ONLY
45.1 Directive/authoritative
198
45.2 Coercive
199
45.3 Participative/consultative
200
45.4 Collaborative
201
45.5 Democratic
202
45.6 Autocratic
203
45.7 Other-oriented
204
45.8 Task-oriented
205
45.9 Centralized
206
45.10 Decentralized
207
45.11 Empathetic
208
45.12 Detached(emotionally)
209
45.13 Assertive
210
45.14 Passive
211
45.15 Engaged
212
45.16 Aloof(personally)
213
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SECTION L
Academic Leadership
46. Academic leadership in the department involves many demands. Indicate the extent to which you agree
that the following are demands that you are experiencing as an HoD/Chair. Please use the scale below to
indicate your response:
Scale: 1.Strongly
Agree
2. Agree
3. Undecided
4.
Disagree
5. Strongly Disagree
Str
o
ngly
Agree
Ag
ree
Un
deci
de
d
Di
sa
g
ree
Str
o
ngly
Disa
gr
ee
1 2 3 4 5
FOR
OFFICE
USE ONLY
46.1
Providing intellectual direction
214
46.2
Encouraging excellence in research
215
46.3
Representing collective purposes and interests
216
46.4
Guiding and developing disciplinary and teaching
directions
217
46.5
Providing direction in designing new programmes
218
46.6
Stimulating and focussing individual and group effort
219
46.7
Implementing the policy and mission of the institution
for central administration
220
46.8
Acting as channel for communication between central
administration/upper management and department staff
221
46.9
Facilitating and encouraging the work of the individual
and of the group
222
46.10
Being a servant of the group who embraces the group’s
values and goals
223
46.11
Being a leader who inspires and leads personnel and
creates a positive climate in the department
224
46.12
Attracting resources to the department
225
46.13
Managing conflict in times of change when different
strong conflicting goals are often expressed
226
46.14
Being responsible for budget oversight, marketing and
personnel management
227
Thank you for your time
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APPENDIX E
FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONING ROUTE
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INTRODUCTIONS AND MOTIVATION FOR BECOMING HOD
Please introduce yourself:
Your name; your university/institution; the department of which you are head; the
number of years you’ve been head of this department
There must be certain factors which have influenced your career to take the direction it
has. Would you care to share these factors ?
SUCCESS FACTORS
Please share with us what factors, in your opinion, are critical for success in your
position.
Let’s talk about advantages and disadvantages (in general) of being a woman HoD. If
you have personally experienced any advantages or disadvantages, would you care to
share them with us?
CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND BARRIERS
Sometimes there may be structures within the institution which may prevent your
chances for promotion to senior management. If you are aware of such structures could
you please talk about them?
Are there certain structures within the institution which you believe may help your
chances for promotion
In addition to institutional structures, could you talk about any personal factors you are
aware of that may facilitate or militate against your promotion to higher office within
the institution.
JOB CHALLENGES; ROLE PERCEPTIONS; NEW ROLES AND TRAINING
Challenges:
Surely your job has many challenges. From your experience can you tell me what aspects
of your job you find most challenging?
Any aspects of your job which you find most rewarding?
You must have had some unpleasant moments in your role as HoD/chair. Would you care
to share what aspects of your role you have found most unpleasant.
Any aspects of your role as HoD/chair which have given you great satisfaction?
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Perceptions:
Before you became HoD/chair, you must have had certain perceptions of the role of
HoD/chair . Please share your perceptions with me.
If your perceptions have changed now that you are HoD/chair yourself, please tell me in
what way/s they have changed.
New roles and responsibilities:
Since you assumed this position, there must be new roles and responsibilities that have
been added to your job. What might these be?
Could you share with me what sets of knowledge you have gained through the experience
of being a HoD/chair .
Training:
If you had some formal preparation for your current role, would you please describe it.
If you are currently receiving training to help you in your role, please describe the nature
of this training.
COPING WITH STRESS
This kind of job is known to be stressful. Please share with me how you cope with the
stresses and strains of your job.
What do you consider yourself to be primarily - an academic leader or line manager. Can
you elaborate?
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Can you talk about factors within your department which facilitate your ability to carry
out your responsibilities as HoD/Chair
Can you also discuss those factors within your department which hinder your ability to
carry out your responsibilities
At campus level, can you identify those factors which facilitate your ability to carry out
your responsibilities
Can you also identify those factors at campus level which hinder your ability to carry out
your responsibilities
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Some tasks which you perform probably take up a lot of your time. What may those tasks
be?
And just how do you feel about the amount of time you spend on these tasks?
Tell us whether, as a woman leader/manager, you feel that women have to change
themselves in order to lead academically or managerially?
Did you have to make any changes in your personal, professional and career life to
accommodate your new responsibilities as HoD/Chair? Please elaborate.
Tell me how you feel about your ability to handle all the changes occurring in your
department currently.
Please share with me how you manage to balance your home and work responsibilities.
Tell me if you have you experienced any prejudice or negative attitude toward you as a
woman HoD/Chair. Would you care to elaborate?
May I ask if your work is at all affected by race, gender and sexism. If it is affected,
please elaborate.
Could you tell me if, as a woman HoD/Chair, you feel obliged to take the lead in
championing the cause of women( in other words do you feel obliged to participate
actively in the fight against exclusionary practices and to encourage the advancement of
other women?). Please elaborate on your answer.
Finally, what words of wisdom would you like to impart to prospective women
HoDs/Chairs?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
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Document Outline - Title page
- Declaration
- Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Contents
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- Bibliography
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- APPENDIX C
- APPENDIX D
- APPENDIX E
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