Leadership in Moroccan public organizations: Case of principals of public schools in the provincial directorate of Al Haouz RAET Marrakech-Safi

Abstract

The leadership provided by school leaders plays an important role in improving the education and training system, by positively influencing all partners to achieve the desired objectives, both at local level and in terms of major national trends and strategies.

The objective of this study is to examine the leadership of the heads of public education institutions in the provincial directorate of AL HAOUZ. In order to achieve this objective, we favoured a qualitative investigation of an exploratory type, and we chose the interview as the data collection method. The interviews were conducted with 12 school heads from different educational cycles.

The study aims to identify the extent to which leaders of educational institutions possess appropriate leadership skills and competencies, to determine the leadership styles adopted by the respondents, and to detect the most important problems that impede their work.

Keywords : Leadership, Educational leadership, Directors, Publics school, leadership styles.

JEL Classification : M10, M12, M54, O15.

Paper type : Empirical research.