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" Identifying and Effectively Managing Organizational Challenges in Improving Parental Involvement in a Private School in Kano, Nigeria "
Ahiome, George Emmanuel
Warren, Simon
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1106859
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TLpq2417043739
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Ahiome, George Emmanuel
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Warren, Simon
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Identifying and Effectively Managing Organizational Challenges in Improving Parental Involvement in a Private School in Kano, Nigeria\ Ahiome, George EmmanuelWarren, Simon
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The University of Liverpool (United Kingdom)
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2019
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2019
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D.B.A.
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226
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This study addresses organizational challenges in improving parental involvement in a private school. The objectives of this research have been to identify the challenges faced and to provide ways of effectively managing them in order to enhance parental involvement in the school. This research has further aimed to initiate changes in order to effectively manage the challenges faced in improving parental involvement. The latter aim is mainly central, since this study was conducted as an action research inquiry within the context of a practitioner researcher. This study addresses the limited research by practitioners in school administration in Nigeria towards improving their schools’ management effectiveness. Using an action research inquiry approach to provide information on scholar practitioner research on organizational challenges in improving parental involvement in Nigeria, the study will be transformative in motivating other schools on their managing involvement responsibilities especially in Northern Nigeria, as most of the available empirical studies were conducted in the country’s southern region. A literature review was conducted to get a better understanding of organizational challenges and parental involvement, including the drivers and forces within a change context. Based on the existing literature and the research instruments, the organizational challenges were investigated. To gain a better understanding of the scope of the problems, the author adopted social constructionism as an ontological position. This has generated actionable knowledge relevant for the school to change from a less effective towards an effective management of challenges. To achieve the objectives of the study, an action research design was adopted which utilized qualitative methods. Through my position as the chief executive officer in a private school, I collected first-person data from parents and teachers on parental involvement and on parents’ and teachers’ current participation in order to identify the areas of organizational challenges, which needed intervention. This consequently enabled me to initiate a change that brought about improved and effective management in the school, leading to improved parental involvement. Findings from the study revealed that the organizational challenges related to the timing of PTA meetings, getting parents to respond to invitations, improving the relationship between parents and teachers, communicating with stakeholders, providing decision roles for parents and diversity among parents and teachers. To deal with these challenges, changes were initiated in three areas of the organizational life, namely in the individual workers in the organization, in various structures and systems of the organization and in the organizational climate. Based on these, proposing a framework along these organizational areas is important for attaining effective management of organizational challenges. The findings of this study will create awareness about the importance of initiating change in schools in order to engender effective management of challenges in the context of parental involvement. A comprehensive framework is consequently provided, which involves parents, teachers and the school, thereby improving the empirical literature on the framework of functional change management in the school system.
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Educational administration
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Educational sociology
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Organization theory
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