Abstract:
Delegation of responsibilities was an administrated tool that has been employed since the evolution of scientific administration practice. It became more popular when administrators discovered its inherent advantage of promoting good health through reduction of stress brought about by excess work load. As important as delegation of responsibilities is for a healthy administration structure, it is surprising that in many secondary schools today, the tool is not being maximally employed. This informed the objective of this research, to carry out a comparative analysis of the views of teachers and principals on factors responsible for poor delegation of responsibilities in secondary schools in Kogi State. To effectively carry out this research, a total of seven hundred and fifty eight (758) subjects comprising 62 principals and 696 teachers were drawn from secondary schools across the three senatorial districts of the state. A self-designed structured questionnaire which was tested for validity and reliability in a pilot study was used to source for data. The data collected were analysed by using descriptive statistics to examine responses in frequencies and percentages. Findings revealed that apart from the fact that most principals in the state do not delegate responsibilities to their teachers, views of both parties did not differ significantly as regards factors responsible for poor delegation of responsibilities by the principals. It was therefore recommended that principals should learn to delegate responsibility to their subordinate for example by appropriately rewarding teachers for prompt and excellent performance of responsibility delegated to them.
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