ASSESSMENTS OF CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATION: THE CASE OF GURAGHE ZONE CITY ADMINISTRATION.

Abstract

The aims of this study is to assess the challenges and prospects of public organizational leadership (LEADS) being as one of the major ways of successful organizational leadership concerts in the Public Organizations of Gurage Zone City Administrations (POGZCA). Studies on assessments of the challenges and prospects of Leadership of Public organizational could provide an important input for better leadership act of the organizations. This study therefore, intends to assess the challenges and prospects that affect the LEADS of the City Administrations of POGZCA namely, Wolkite and Butajira. Deductive and explanatory methods of are employed. Data are collected using structured questionnaires from 170 employees working in the two City Administrations or Municipalities. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out and data are analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The bivariate correlation analysis was conducted and determined the existence of significant relationship between associated variables namely, organizational capacity (OC), organizational staff development (SD) and external environmental factors (EXV have significant correlation with Public Organizational Challenge and Prospects of the Municipalities and the dependent variables (DV), of LEADS of the City Administrations having a Pearson product-moment(r) value of 0.533, 0.439 and -0.374 respectively, which implies a moderate correlation as r value varies between ±0.36 to ±0.67. In addition, a linear multiple regression is analyzed to measure the effect of the three independent variables(IV) on the public organizational leadership (LEADS) of public organizations and the findings showed that the three IV can explain 42% of the variation of the LEADS of the municipalities as represented by the adjusted R2 Analysis of variance also showed that there is a significant relationship between public LEAD Sand its determinants having an F statistics value of F= 9.792 which is the IV are significantly associated with the DV, LEADS. Hence, it is recommended that the public organizations administrators and leaders should continuously strengthen and consider CAP, SD & EXV factors to confirm sustained and achievable of goals of public organizational leadership.