Strategi Kepemimpinan Pendidikan dalam Pengembangan MAN Propinsi DIY Perspektif Total Quality Management (TQM )

Abstract

To date, the management of educational empowerment particularly in madrasah 
 (Islamic schools) is still struggling in finding its precise form. The madrasahs are 
 commonly managed base on merely the managers’ personal experience, without proper 
 scientific co
 nception. This happens due to unhealthy condition in which the managers 
 are repressed and burdened by complicated bureaucratic matters. On the other hand, 
 they are also required to compete in ever growing critical society. The main purpose of 
 this researc
 h is to obtain the description of the Islamic educational empowerment 
 strategies based on the Total Quality Management perspective, particularly in light of 
 the educational leadership toward the development of the Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 
 (State Islamic Seni
 or High Schools) in the Province of Yogyakarta. Three methods of 
 data gathering are employed in this research, namely in depth interview, participant 
 observation, and documentation. The results show that, in empowering the Madrasah 
 Aliyah, the leaders 1) r
 ely on personal experience obtained from previous workplace, 
 either being teacher or school principal; 2) perceive comparative study involving 
 educational stakeholders, such as school committee, supervisors, and educational staff 
 at Province level, as an e
 ffective tool in developing the madrasahs; 3) attend trainings 
 or workshops held by the ministry of education; and 4) read books related to 
 managerial tasks. Overall, the Total Quality Management can be observed through 
 continuous improvement, culture chan
 ge, reversed organization, costumers
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 organization good relationship, focus on costumers and the quality of teaching
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 learning process.