Management Functions of College Deans among State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Eastern Visayas

Abstract

The success in management is gained through the accomplishment of mission, goals and objectives which eventually contribute to nation’s socio-economic growth and sustainable development. Management depends upon modeling an organization. Modeling allows management to perform its distinctive information-processing activities such as monitoring, evaluation, prediction and control. Moreover, the functions of management are products of the interaction between a management system and its environment. This is a consequence of the way that management systems will tend to adapt to survive and grow in whatever specific context in which they are operating just like in educational system.  This study assessed the management functions of college deans along planning, organizing, leading, and controlling particularly on the extent of knowledge, importance and implementation. The researcher employed expert- validated questionnaire and triangulation method to gather vital information.   Results revealed that College deans are doing well  along the four management functions however the extent to which these functions are exercised  still depend on how knowledgeable they are  as managers, how they give importance  in the  exercise of their functions,  and how they implement these functions to carry out the mission, goals and objectives of the college where they belong.  Thus, managerial skills of deans can be improved by crafting a management program that will prepare them to a higher position in the future which focuses on performance management, managing teams, leadership process, and the like.