FILAMER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

School of Graduate Studies

Roxas Avenue, Roxas City

Sheenly T. Fajardo & Jahazelle G. Polo Dr. Reynaldo G. Peralta

REPORTERS PROFESSOR

Types of Administrators

 LAISSEZ - FAIRE
- Means “let alone”.
- Sometimes referred to as “anarchic”
- The head person assumes a very low profile and allows the organization to
operate on its own.

 Negative Result
- The administrator might be poorly prepared professionally
- Insecure
- Or just plainly lazy
 Positive Result
- Young, energetic, and well-prepared professionals can try innovative new
ideas and programs without control and obtain more experience in a shorter
time.

 Weakness of Anarchic form of Administration

- Lack of leadership.
- Poor teachers and coaches continue to function without challenge or correction.
- There is no drive for excellence and little long-range planning.
- Young and inexperienced teachers will frequently be lost in the shuffle.

 AUTOCRATIC or AUTHORITARIAN
- The administrator functions as a boss, not a leader.
- This administrative style is referred to as “paternalistic”
- The administrator is referred to as “benevolent despot”
- There are few meetings, and when they are held, there is little debate, mostly
announcements and directives.
- Program or policy changes can be addressed without delay.
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School of Graduate Studies
Roxas Avenue, Roxas City

 Weakness of Autocratic Administrator

- Untenability of autocracy with a democratic society in general, and particularly in
public educational institutions.
- Autocratic administrations lose the synergy and power of group thinking.
- Decisions might be made without having all the facts.
- Policies and programs are only as good as the leader.
- when mistakes are made, they are frequently major ones because the benefits of
group review and debate are lost.
- Young instructors or coaches do not gain experience in guiding and building the
program.
- staff who are not consulted in the formative stages are less likely to publicly support
and diligently work to make program creed, and over the long haul, a staff of “yes” people
will develop because those who question autocratic administrators will be perceived as
threats.

 DEMOCRATIC
Most authorities support the use of democratic form of administration in a democratic
society.
The creative ideas that a group of individuals can generate in a lively meeting will be far
greater than the same group might identify if they were all working independently. This
process, frequently described as “group dynamics”.

Advantages of Democratic Administration

• All staff have opportunities to determine their own destiny.
• Young staff members gain experience in administrative matters through committee
work.
• Staff members who have had a voice in the planning of programs will more likely
support and work with substantial effort to make the programs effective.
• Esprit de corps develops as the group works together.
• Weak or poorly conceived policies or programs are not as likely to be implemented
because more group effort precedes most decisions.

Inefficiency – most consistent problem

Institutions find themselves proliferating the committee structure to the point that they must
have a “committee on committees” to keep track of them.
In General, democratic administration will perform to the level of ability of the
majority of the staff.
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School of Graduate Studies
Roxas Avenue, Roxas City

 ECLECTIC
The administrator selects parts of several different forms of administration that will best fit a
particular situation.
Effective administrator often adopt a democratic style as a cornerstone and mix in needed
amounts of the laissez-faire and autocratic approaches as special situations arise.
Utilizing an eclectic approach from democratic to autocratic.
An Administrator might use the following approaches to make an administrative decision:
• The administrator can assimilate all the information available and make the decision
alone.
• The leader can seek information from a variety of sources, but still make the decision
alone.
• The administrator can privately talk to staff for information, opinions, positions, and
suggestions and then make the decision alone.
• The leader can call a group together, outline the situation, listen to reactions and
positions, and still decide alone.
• The administrator can call interested parties to gather for discussion, and then call for
a vote.

REFERENCE:
Administration of Physical Education and Sport Program
by Larry Horine & David Stotlar