Discrepancies in Job Descriptions of Educational Supervisors and Role Conflicts Across The World

Year 2014, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 155 - 174, 01.07.2014

Yüksel Gündüz , Süleyman Davut Göker

https://doi.org/10.17240/aibuefd.2014.14.2-5000091532

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Due to lack of sufficient comparative studies on dicrepancies in job descriptions of supervisors across the world, this research study aims to compare different job descriptions across the world and create an awareness on the problems owing to role conflicts, and to contribute to the debate over these problems. As a result of this study, discrepancies and differences have been analyzed, and four main problems have been determined: 1. Overloaded responsibility, 2. Dispersion in jobs, 3. Inclusion of other activities that are less related to core functions of supervisors, 4. Role conflicts. These four problems alone show discrepancies in job decsriptions and role conflicts. However, the more these problems increase, the more discrepancies that supervisors are likely to face will appear and it will be very difficult for supervisors to play their own roles. From this point of view, ob descriptions should be redefined especially for supervisors in a more coherent way

Keywords

Supervisor, supervior job description, role conflicts

DÜNYA ÖLÇEĞİNDE EĞİTİM DENETMENLERİNİN İŞ TANIMLARINDAKİ ÇELİŞKİLER VE ROL ÇATIŞMALARI

Abstract

Denetmenlerin iş tanımlarındaki çelişkiler ile ilgili dünya ölçeğinde yeterince karşılaştırmalı çalışmalar olmamasından hareketle yapılan bu araştırmada, birçok ülkedeki denetmenlerin iş tanımları karşılaştırılarak özellikle rol çatışmalarından dolayı yaşanan sorunlarla ilgili bir farkındalık yaratılması ve bu bağlamda yapılacak tartışmalara katkı yapılması hedeflenmektedir. Bu çalışma sonucunda, denetmenlerin iş tanımlarında ortaya çıkan çelişki ve farklılıklar analiz edilerek dört temel sorun belirlenmiştir: 1. Çok fazla sorumluluk, 2. Görevlerde dağınıklık, 3. Denetmenin temel görevleri ile çok az ilişkisi olan etkinliklerin iş tanımlarına dâhil edilmesi, 4. Ortaya çıkan rol çatışmaları. Bu dört sorun bile tek başına, denetmenlerin iş tanımındaki çelişkilerin karmaşıklığını göstermektedir. Kaldı ki, bu kategoriler arttıkça, bunlar arasındaki farklılıklar da doğal olarak artacak ve denetmenlerin de çok daha fazla sorumlulukla birlikte, bu sorumluluklara ilişkin dağınıklık ile karşı karşıya kalma riski de o ölçüde artacaktır. Bu bağlamda, başta denetmenin rolü olmak üzere bu rollerin tanımının yeniden ve daha tutarlı bir şekilde yapılması gerekmektedir

Keywords

Denetmen, denetmen iş tanımı, rol çatışması

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