LEADERSHIP STYLE OF URBAN BARANGAY CHAIRMEN IN OZAMIZ CITY
Most
political leaders, government
officials, employees and citizens want their country to be good ones, so development of the country is a major function of political activity because past successes are no guarantee of future ones. Leaders should seek information on how to become more effective. Leadership ability of an individual provide special asset to their organizations. In the face of these demands, political leaders of Ozamiz City in fifteen urban barangays are reliazing that they can no longer rely on traditional political leadership techniques to satisfy their roles- they must draw on deeper sources of guidance, strength, and influence. And the product of their realization can be attained by revisiting their roles to create structures that adapt the political pressures. This research examines the leadership roles of the urban Barangay chairmen of Ozamiz City to be able to cope with the new trends of the future. This study is anchored on the principle of Cunningham (2003) who said “ leaders of today cannot be successful without having a broad understanding of the social, political and economic dynamics that influence and are shaped by global competition .Leadership is one of roles assumed by government officials. Lipham (2004) and his colleagues have developed a “ four factor theory” of leadership namely: structured, facilitative, supportive, and participative leadership. The findings in this study shows that the urban barangay chairmen manifested their structured, facilitative, supportive and participative leadership at a very great extent as determined by their officials and by themselves. The four groups of respondents revealed that there were significant differences in the evaluations made by the barangay chairmen, council members, health workers and purok presidents, as to the leadership style performances.