بررسي رابطه مهارتهاي سه‎گانه مديران گروههاي آموزشي با كيفيت آموزشي

A Study of Relationship Between Triple Skills of Department Chairs and Improvement of Educational Quality

مديران گروههاي آموزشي به عنوان يكي از اركان مديريت در نظام آموزش‎‎عالي كمتر مورد ارزشيابي قرار گرفته‎اند، از اين رو، در پژوهش حاضر ارتباط بين مهارتهاي سه‎گانه (فني، روابط انساني و ادراكي) مديران گروههاي آموزشي دانشگاه تربيت معلم تهران در قالب 18 مهارت ويژه با كيفيت آموزشي گروه مربوط با توجه به شاخصهاي 14 گانه آموزش‎عالي بررسي شده است. 172 نفر از 306 عضو هييت علمي دانشگاه تربيت معلم تهران كه در نيمه اول سال تحصيلي 85-84 در اين دانشگاه تدريس مي‎كردند، با به كارگيري روش تصادفي طبقه اي به عنوان نمونه انتخاب شدند. اطلاعات از طريق دو پرسشنامه محقق ساخته جمع‎آوري شد. پس از تجزيه و تحليل داده‎هاي پژوهش و محاسبه همبستگي، وجود ارتباط معني‎دار در سطح 05/0 بين مهارت فني و ادراكي مديران گروههاي آموزشي با كيفيت آموزشي تاييد شد، ولي ارتباط معني‎داري مبني بر وجود همبستگي بين مهارت روابط ‎انساني با كيفيت آموزشي در اين پژوهش مشاهده‎‎نشد.

Department Chairs are among the most important resources in higher education system. However, they have rarly been studied scientifically. Hence, the present study aims to investigate the aforementioned matter and explore the relationship between triple skills of department chairs and educational quality in 18 departments in Tarbiat Moallem University through correlation method. The skills of department chairs in three aspects of technical, human relation and conceptual including 18 special skills and the educational quality in terms of 14 performance indicators of higher education were also studied. The relationship between skills and educational quality were measured. Statistical population in this study covered all members of faculty of 18 departments who were involved in teaching during the first semester of 2005-06 academic year. Among statistical population, 172 members were selected through stratified random sampling method. Two questionnaires prepared by the researcher were used for data collection. Then, the data was analyzed and correlation was measured. The result of this study showed that: The existence of a meaningful and positive correlation between technical as well as conceptual skills department heads and their educational quality was proved. But the correlation between human relation skills and educational quality wasn’t observed. Keywords: Triple Management Skills (Technical, Human and Conceptual), Evaluation, Quality of Higher Education and Department Chairs.