Management and Leadership Performance of Academic Middle Managers and the Attainment of their Trilogic Functions: An Input to an Enhancement Program

Academic Middle Managers (AMMs) in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) are faculty members designated as College Deans, Programs Heads, Institute Directors and the like. They are responsible in translating institutional plans, programs and policies into doable activities to be able to achieve the vision, mission and goals of the academic organization. This study focused on determining the profile of the AMMs, the level of their management and leadership performance and their level of attainment of instruction, research and extension functions. Data were gathered using a questionnaire that were answered by faculty members and AMMs from selected SUCs of Region 1, Philippines. Results showed that the AMMs held master’s degrees, ranked as Associate Professors, have served for ten years or less, with one to five years of administrative experience and have 16 to 20 teaching load units. The AMMs themselves assessed their level of management performance to be above expectations which was agreed upon by the faculty members except in decision making and planning and organizing. Further, the level of leadership performance of the AMMs was observed to be above expectations by both the AMMs and the faculty members. Also, the AMMs performed very satisfactorily in performing their instruction, research and extension functions, however, the faculty found them to have performed only satisfactorily in research. With this finding, an enhancement programs were prepared to enrich the performance of the AMMs in performing management roles of decision making and planning and organizing and in the performance of research function.

Keywords: academic middle managers, management, leadership, trilogic functions