Transformational Leadership Behaviour Skills and Total Quality Management Practices of Presidents and Vice Presidents of State Universities and Colleges in the Philippines Thelma D. Manansala Bataan Peninsula State University enthelgem@yahoo.com Abstract: This study focused on the relationship between transformational leadership behaviour skills and total quality management practices of presidents and vice presidents of State owned universities and colleges in Region III in the Philippines. It established linkages between the demographic profile of the respondents and their transformational leadership behaviour skills and the total quality management practices. The respondents of the study were the presidents and vice presidents of state owned universities and colleges in Region III in the Philippines. The study used the descriptive correlational survey and the questionnaire served as the main instruments for gathering the data needed in the completion of the study. The deans of the different colleges, the directors of the different offices, the coordinators and the officers of the supreme student council of these state universities and colleges were tasked to rate the respondents in terms of their transformational leadership behaviour skills and total quality management practices. The study used the descriptive method of research where the frequency, the percentage, the mean and standard deviation were used to describe the demographic profile, the transformational leadership behaviour skills and the total quality management practices of school administrators. Regression analysis was used to established strong linkages between the demographic profile, the transformational leadership behaviour skills and the total quality management practices. ANOVA was used to establish if a significant difference occurred in the perception of the respondent’s TQM practices. Important findings of the study showed that among the transformational leadership behaviour skills, visioning skills and value congruence were established to be significantly affecting TQM. A significant difference was also established with the TQM practices of the presidents and vice presidents as perceived by the supremestudents council and the school heads. Another important finding of the study revealed that the female and the male school administrators showed parity in terms of their professional qualifications but in terms of economic benefits the female leaders were left behind by their male counterparts. The presidency of state universities and colleges were still dominated by male as there is only one female president in all the State Universities and Colleges in Region III and that is the President of Tarlac State Univeristy. Keywords: Transformational leadership behaviour skills, totalquality management practices, state universities andcolleges, supreme student council
1. Introduction The mandate of Tertiary Education is the creation of an employable workforce. To achieve this, tertiary education needs to adjust and quickly respond to globalization, technological change and new forms of works and organizations. Globalization and technological change challenge school administrators to produce workforce who are able to flexibly acquire, adapt and transfer their knowledge to the different context. They can respond independently and creativelyunder varying conditions to the changing world. In dealing with changes and innovations of such magnitudes that higher education institution in the Philippines is facing, the kind of leadership in the educative process is an imperative factor. Methods of Research: This study used the descriptive method of research. The frequency, percentage, mean and the standard deviation were used to describe the profile of the SUC’s presidents and vice-presidents. . The same statistical tools were also used to describe the transformational leadership behaviour skills in terms; of visioning skills, anticipating skills, value congruence, empowerment and values orientation, and total quality management practices namely; customer value, continuous improvement, performance appraisal, process management and work orientation. Sample of the Study:Table I gives the frequency distribution of the respondents. The study were composed of 7 SUC presidents, 25 vice presidents, 116 directors of various university offices, 52 deans of the different program offerings, and 58 officials from the supreme student council for the Academic Year 2008-2009.The study used universal sampling but Table I showed that only 91% of the total target subject was able to return the questionnaires. On the day of the retrieval of the questionnaire some university officials were not able to give back their questionnaire because they were out of the country or on