THE PHENOMENON OF DISTRIBUTIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE CONDITIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The author of the article analyzes the phenomenon of distributive leadership in the conditions of higher education. The leading principles underlying the concept of distributive leadership in higher education are determined. They are the following: 1. Leadership is the total process of influence on the educational process in higher education institutions, which contribute to several people. 2. Leadership occurs in the interaction of different individuals who together form a group or network. The author has stressed that distributive leadership implies the involvement of the students, teachers, university support staff, employees of public organizations, policy makers in the sphere of education. In addition, the distributive leadership can observe the transformation of a leader according to the situation, problems, experience and participate in the management and leadership of a large number of educational organizations. The advantages (timely consideration of the needs of the students, employees in making important decisions for the development of the organization; greater financial transparency; administrative convenience, which is achieved through load distribution management, distribution leadership that allows you to allocate responsibility for management decisions taken; improving teamwork and establishing effective communication between staff) and disadvantages (organizational fragmentation; reducing the clarity of roles; slow decision-making; underestimation of individual qualities and abilities of staff) of distributive leadership in higher education are shown. The distributive forms of leadership that exist in universities are revealed. These forms include: formal leadership (a hierarchical structure); pragmatic leadership (delegation of authority only to meet the needs); strategic leadership (scheduled appointment for effective human resource leadership development in higher education); gradual leadership (increased responsibility for decision in accordance with how a person demonstrates the ability to perform leadership functions); cultural leadership (leadership organically distributed subject to availability and is perceived as part of the institutional culture). It is proved that distributive leadership enhances the effectiveness of management activity in higher education, increases motivation for management of state on important decisions, mobilizes collective efforts of university staff in organizing their activity.