The Demands and Infl uence of Leadership on Educational Changes (Tuntutan dan Pengaruh Kepemimpinan terhadap Perubahan Sistem Pendidikan)

SIVA RABINDARANG, KHUAN WAI BING, KHOO YIN YIN

Abstract


Education system is facing changes due to the demands and current situation. This change includes the delivery and productivity improvements. Leadership is an important factor in the implementation of the changes. Leaders play an important key role in ensuring the success of the changes in the education system. Leaders serve as a liaison and facilitator within the organization. Therefore, leaders should adopt appropriate leadership style to face educational changes. Distributed leadership proposed in the fi eld of leadership studies to be able to improve organizational effectiveness. Distributed leadership is the leadership appropriate to the performance of the changes in the education system. This article discusses previous studies on demands and infl uence of leadership on the education changes system particularly distributed leadership.

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Changes; leadership; distributed leadership; leaders; education

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