leader/manager

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Leadership accountability is a vital component in any organization . For an organization to achieve its set goals and objectives efficiently and effectively leaders have to be responsible of actions taken or failure to take action . A leader must be competent in decision making and skillful so as to achieve success in their places of work

Legal accountability refers to the many forms of legal compliance formal disclosure or specific reporting that organizations are required to

complete (Jones , 2000 . In any organizational setting there are set laws that govern its activities and these laws must be observed and obeyed . Failure to obey may lead to lawsuits in court . In a school setting laws are formulated from different sources which include federal , state and local (Kelly , 1998 . These laws govern the running of schools

A legal system is usually put in place to ensure safe environment for those that are targeted . When a school fails to provide a safe environment to students according to the law the court intervenes (Shoop and Dunklee , 2005 . The most important thing is to have procedures of handling a situation in place because the court will question on how adequate the school response was to a particular issue . Professionals in any field always try to be exceptional in their work trying to avoid making decisions that may eventually lead to a harmful event . However no matter how hard they try they will always find themselves in situations that they did not intend to happen . It is therefore very important for leaders to be ready for such instances and respond adequately according to standards within which they should perform their duties . Essentially , everyone is a leader but some are given titles because of the positions they hold in their places of work . In a school setting there are school administrators and principles who manage and run the school

The principle has a huge responsibility in being legally accountable when leading in a school . Students ' best interests should always be placed first and so are their needs . With regard to students needs and right to be protected while in school , administrators are faced with a wide array of issues that may lead to litigation if the laws that govern them are not observed and obeyed . These issues include : maintaining and discipline school safety and supervision discrimination and harassment counseling health services use of technology among others (Kelly , 1998 . The bottom-line is that principles should be accountable and responsible for everything that happens in the school . In Saudi Arabia school administrators more or less face the same issues

The principle should ensure that is maintained in school as well as high levels of discipline (Leading and Managing the School , 2000 Codes of acceptable behavior should be developed and made available to all students . A disciplinary committee is also very essential to deal with all cases of indiscipline . When students go against set behavior codes they should appear...