a)
Professional Responsibility
Professional responsibility ranges from who
you are within to who are you inside the institution. Professionals tend to
adhere to the highest standards and are competitive in their field if they have
the full responsibility of their job. They are hoisting respect, credibility
and strategic importance not only for themselves but also for the welfare of
the organization they are with. These professionals create a good working atmosphere
for the people around them but some of them really create a heavy ambiance when
they are around. Some professionals are really competent in terms of cognitive
skills but they bend to fail in their affective side. The workforce that
surrounds these heavy-aura-stricken professionals must be uber stressed because
of these high standard bosses’ demands and wants. It is unhealthy for the whole
institution if there is no proper handling of the man power.
b)
Professional Development
Humans, by nature, do not stop learning. They only
stop when they are gone. Hence, as professionals who are undoubtedly educated,
should upgrade themselves. They should consider formal academic opportunities
to achieve and meet their highest probable competence level. Some professionals
like teachers tend to be preoccupied of the big tasks they have in schools thus
they forget to have professional growth and development. Also, some teachers
are just happy to be teacher one for their whole life; they are growing tired.
There was a case that a retiree retires as teacher one that in fact she has
rendered service for forty years and more. There was no professional growth,
only growth of grey hairs. These scenarios should be avoided. Teachers and
other professionals should be eager to seek and face new challenges in the
academe as well as on their daily life and not be tedious.
c)
Ethical Leadership
The workforce of an institution must be
well-rounded especially those on high positions. They should be a good role
model for their subordinates, thus teaching them to be the next good leader.
Leaders such as the principals should be critical-minded and rational on all
the decision makings. Some leaders with so much pride tend to be “all-knowing”
or “know-it-all”. Though what this kind of leaders say are obviously wrong,
they force it to be right. Those leaders who are like this may become the
laughing stock or the source of conflicts in the organization.
d)
Fairness and Justice
Nowadays, there is an undeniable competition
in the industry especially on job acquisitions. In education there is also a thing
like that that happens. In employment hirings, there is a process that is ought
to be followed. There are also guidelines and qualifications that should be
adhered by the employers and employees. But, there are just some people who are
desperate enough to be hired. They use the “palakasan” system or favouritism.
If they are “malakas” or have close ties to the personnel of the institution or
to the politicians, the applicants will ask recommendation or help from them.
It is one of the best ways to be hired immediately. This reality is fairly
unfair for the other jobseekers. This also showcases the injustices in the
company or institution that also links to our culture. Moreover, there are many
seminars and forums that should be attended by qualified teachers but some
principals tend to send his/her favourite teacher.
e)
Use of Information
Open exchange of information should be the
kind of communication within an institution. In education, the reports and
memorandums from the national office must be handed down to the teachers of
small schools in the barrios. In some cases like sending information about
prospected seminars for teachers, some principals tend to hide the memo or the
invitation. The principals might think that if his/her teachers will go there
will be no classes and that might affect their school performance; or the
principals might also think that the school will spend a lot of money for that
reason only.
f)
Conflicts of Interests
People have different interests that made
everyone unique from each other. Sometimes, these interests of different
persons clash leading to conflicts. Avoiding conflicts is one of the major efforts
of the people in the organization especially the ones who are in the high
positions. Conflicts can endanger the institution’s integrity among its
stakeholders. Thus, abiding to the published policies is important to stay
profound on the doings inside the organization. Some of the members of the
organization take pride on their interests and pursue it forgetting the bylaws
of the system. This people are self-centered and are too much choleric on what
they know is right for them.
