Scope and Delimitation Example 2
Scope and Delimitation Example 2
Problems of Middle Level Managers in State Universities and Colleges: Basis for the Development of a
Management Intervention Program (Muello, 2002)
This study was concerned with the development and evaluation of a management intervention program
after a thorough identification and analysis of conflicts/problems as experienced by middle – managers
in Region IV state universities and colleges. Middle level managers, such as deans, directors, chairmen
and department heads, and principals, with at least two years of continuous service in the
same institution, were the respondents of the study. Personnel outside the main campus were not
included since the problems they met were perceived to resemble that of the mother units.
Transportation constraints in the island provinces turned out to be another problem, thus, other
personnel in the other campuses were not included.
This study produced an intervention program composed of a training package on leadership and
motivation. The said program is deemed important in developing the managerial skills of middle-level
managers in terms of their management functions such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
It is assumed that their competencies will eventually be enhanced after developing the five-day seminar
workshops.
Prior to the conceptualization of the management intervention program, the data gathering procedure
was conducted from January 1999 to June 1999. Open-ended questionnaires, interviews, and
observations were used as data gathering instruments.