Performance Efficiency of the Heads of the Academic Departments at Al- Balqa’a Applied University from the View Point of the Faculty Staff

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the standard of the performance efficiency

of the academic department heads at Al- balqa’a Applied University from

the view point of the teaching staff. The study sample consisted of all the

fulltime academic staff who are professors, associate professors and assistant

professors at Al- balqa’a Applied University. Their number is (718). The

random sample included (115) teaching staff members. To achieve the aims of

this study, the researcher used the performance efficiency questionnaire. The

results have shown that there is high level performance in the administrative

and technical fields of the academic department heads, but a medium level in

the fields of teaching and learning, working and scientific research, and the

environment and social duties. Furthermore, the study has shown that there

are statistically significant differences in the working and scientific research

field between the human faculties and the scientific faculties in the interest of

the scientific ones. As for the sex variable the differences were in the interest of

the males. There were no statistically significant differences according to the

faculty and sex in the other fields. Also there were no differences in all fields

according to the academic degrees and the period of teaching experience of

the staff members.

In the light of the study results, the researcher’s most significant

recommendation is holding training workshops in operating the academic

department that aim at showing the importance of the role of department

head in developing the environment and social duties and scientific research

through some instructions from the university administration to help them

reach the high level in the performance efficiency in this pioneer role.