Leadership and Decision Making in the Education Sector of Australia

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Introduction
Leadership is an important tool in the running of any organization whether in the formal or
informal sector. Leadership ensures that the objectives of ye organization are met and without
proper leadership, then the operations of the organization will fail. There are many aspects or
topics of leadership such as decision making, problem solving, ethics, management and many
more which are important when it comes to the discussion of leadership. (Aga, Noorderhaven, &
Vallejo, 2016).Some of the aspects of leadership are related in the sense that one action such as
of decision making is going to affect another aspect such as that of problem solving. This essay
is going to discuss on leadership and the aspect of decision making in particular. The focus of the
essay will be on the education sector of Australia which has a rather complex form of education.
The essay will analyze how the decision making is carried out and the various stakeholders that
are involved in the process. We will also be able to highlight on the strengths and weakness of
the decision making process in the country and carry out an evaluation of the same in order to
determine its effectiveness. The essay will also come up with several recommendations that are
meant to improve the process of decision making in the education sector and thus enable the
correct decisions that will impact on the life of many people in the education sector.( Barrow, &
Clarke,2018).
Analysis
Decision making can be described as a process in which one has to make a decision or decisions
between two or more competing choices. The process demands that one makes a choice between
different alternatives that are presented before him.it is a rather difficult situation as it requires
careful consideration before one can decide to choose an option. The decision that will be made

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is one that will have many consequences and thus the process needs to be handled properly.
Decision making can be categorized into two parts which include the programmed decisions and
the non-programmed decisions.( Boies, Fiset, & Gill,2015).Programmed decisions are the types
of decision that are repetitive in nature and which flows a certain routine. These decisions are
mostly within the policies of the organization and are normally established in advance in order to
deal with a problem that normally recurs. They are mostly used in the lower levels of
management and they tend to have a short impact on the relevant sector. On the other hand, non-
programmed decisions are the one used to solve a problem that is not routine but that which has
just come about and thus need to be solved. They are unusual and therefore decisions regarding
them cannot be made in advance. The non-programmed decisions are usually of great
significance to the sector in which they are made and bears with them long term consequences.
These decisions are therefore made by the top management.( Cartwright, 2017).
The education sector of Australia is one of the sectors that require a lot of decisions to be carried
out in order to ensure the smooth flow of operations of the education sector. There are many
activities that are involved in the education sector and thus regular decisions have to be made to
regulate the activities that are there. The sector also involves a lot of stakeholders who have
varied interest on the welfare of the education sector and therefore critical and important
decisions have to be made by the relevant people who are in charge of running the affairs of the
education sector. A critical analysis if the education sector has to be done in order for one to be
able to clearly assess the level of decision making that is there and how effective the decision
making process is. A detailed analysis requires the input of almost all the stakeholders in order to
confidently cover the entire process and to ensure that none of the factors affecting the decision
making process is left out.( Ferrell, & Fraedrich,2015)

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Discussion and evaluation
The education sector has had a number of issues regarding how the decision of the sector are
made and the feeling of exclusivity by some of the stakeholders.it is important that all the
relevant stakeholders are involved in the process of decision making in order to ensure that the
decisions that will be arrived at are binding to all of the people .For instance ,there have been
several complains by the teachers who are one of the most important stakeholders of ye
education sector regarding their involvement in the decision making process. They have accused
the ministry that is charged with the running of the education sector of coming up with decision
that are not consultative and which lack their input. The fact that there is no involvement of these
teachers will make the decisions made to be hard to be implemented as it will require the same
teachers to do it in their various schools. The ministry officials are accused of making bias
decisions on the welfare of the teachers in relation to such issues such as their salaries and
allowances. This is a major bone of contention which the teachers advocate for their involvement
before any decision is made on their welfare. (Ford, Piccolo, & Ford,2017).
Also, the leaders of the education sector normally carry out several meetings in their offices in
which they discuss fundamental issues to do with the education sector.at the end of this meetings
they come up with elaborate plans and policies that are going to affect the education sector and
all the relevant stakeholders. This is then announced to the public and thus all the people who
have an interest in the sector have to adhere to the decision s made. The decision made lacks the
input of important people in the education sector and thus it will be bound to fail.
(Hawkins,2017).