1. Introduction
Head masters or principals often play the role of both leader and manager. According to Abdul Aziz (2000), they
are professional leaders who assume two roles that complement each other, namely leadership and management.
The principal is the fundamental leader in a school and on whose shoulders lie the hopes of parents, students,
teachers, the community and the governement. Mulyasa (2009) believes that principals are the key element in
raising the quality of education in a school hence making them the most important individual in a school
organisation. The concomitant heavy workloads are thus inevitable and consequently such circumstances can
cause many principals to fail to manage and run a school effectively.
As the main backbone of their school, the principals’ leadership style can help create a pleasant working
environment and encourage the enhancement of performance among teachers and other members of the school
staff. Principals have the responsibility and authority to develop school plans to improve their schools. This
authority enables principals to either promote schools that strive to achieve both academic and co-curricular
excellence, or create ones that are unsuccessful and ineffective (Yahya, 2005).
1. IntroductionHead masters or principals often play the role of both leader and manager. According to Abdul Aziz (2000), theyare professional leaders who assume two roles that complement each other, namely leadership and management.The principal is the fundamental leader in a school and on whose shoulders lie the hopes of parents, students,teachers, the community and the governement. Mulyasa (2009) believes that principals are the key element inraising the quality of education in a school hence making them the most important individual in a schoolorganisation. The concomitant heavy workloads are thus inevitable and consequently such circumstances cancause many principals to fail to manage and run a school effectively.As the main backbone of their school, the principals’ leadership style can help create a pleasant workingenvironment and encourage the enhancement of performance among teachers and other members of the schoolstaff. Principals have the responsibility and authority to develop school plans to improve their schools. Thisauthority enables principals to either promote schools that strive to achieve both academic and co-curricularexcellence, or create ones that are unsuccessful and ineffective (Yahya, 2005).
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