Abstract:
This research examined the effect of manpower management on students’ academic
performance in secondary schools of central Uganda. The study comes as result of failure
of many schools to excel academically, the persistent discrepancy of students’ academic
performance, and the rotation of teachers in the secondary schools of central Uganda.
The research design was cross sectional guided by the specific research objectives.
These include to investigate the way how manpower is managed in secondary schools of
the central region and to assess the relationship between the manpower management and
academic performance in such schools.
Data was collected through interviews, observation, reference books, internet materials
where applicable, magazines, journals, and periodicals. It was analyzed using both
qualitative and quantitative techniques in an inter complimentary way using computer
Statistical package for Social Scientists (SPSS).
As a result, the study realized the relevant data that was analyzed and presented in respect
of the research questions. Ideally, there was some kind of proper manpower management
in each of the secondary schools investigated. However, the issue was that whereas some
of the Manpower management systems in the schools investigated complied generally
with the acceptable organizational structure of the ministry of education and sports,
others did not.
Furthermore; the study discovered that manpower management varied among the schools
investigated. In this case, some schools pursued a participative management system while
others upheld either bureaucratic management or autocratic approaches. Therefore, the
manpower management system upheld in some of these schools did not promote the
principles of representation and consultation of teachers in the school.
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In addition, the study revealed that, in some schools the management systems were
characterized by communication and conflict of interest problems. Also lack of control
and division of labor in key departments of these schools were observed.
Consequently, it was discovered that, the effective manpower management of secondary
schools in the central region has greatly contributed to its academic performance.
Therefore it was deduced that, organization and formalization of the school manpower
systems to the acceptable standards, was paramount and
vital for academic performance
and development in any educational institution.
