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5.2.4  Presentation and discussion of survey results 
 
5.2.4.1 Importance of skills in the HoD position 
 
Leadership in the twenty-first century demands different skills, the type it seems, most 
commonly associated with women (see 2.3.2). As an academic leader in this new age, a 
woman needs academic leadership and management skills to effectively carry out the 
responsibilities required of her position. She must be able, for instance, to utilise 
appropriate skills in dealing with conflict in the department or in handling staff and 
student problems, or in representing staff to management. 
In the questionnaire, participants were presented with various skills identified in the 
literature as desired for the effective functioning of heads and chairs. They were asked to 
rate the importance of these skills to them in their present position as HoD.  
 

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The results are presented in Tables 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4. In the MEANS Table, a mean value 
close to one indicates a specific skill being rated as significant. A mean value close to 
five indicates a specific value being rated as unimportant.