CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Leadership skills are an essential component in positioning

executives to make thoughtful decision about their organization’

s mission and goals, and properly allocate resources to achieve

those directives. Valuable leadership skills include the ability

to delegate, inspire and communicate effectively. Leadership is a

learned behavior that comes with many attributes. Leadership

skills are the strengths and abilities individuals demonstrate

that help to oversee process, guide initiatives and steer their

students or members towards the achievement of goals. Bergendahl,

M., Magnusson, M., & Bjork, J. (2015)).

Furthermore, leadership skills are skills you use when

organizing other people to reach a shared goal. Whether you’re in

a management position or leading a project in school, leadership

skills require you to motivate others to complete a series of

tasks, often according to a schedule. Leadership is not just one

skill but rather a combination of several different skills

working together. Effective leaders are essential to any team or

organization. They can help build strong teams within a business

and ensure projects, initiatives or other work functions are

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performed successfully. Good leaders have strong interpersonal

and communication skills, and anyone can become one by learning

how to exercise and hone leadership abilities. Taylor, B. M.

(2015).

Moreover, competence is the ability to do something

successfully or efficiently. And you can do something well,

capable of performing a task or job effectively. Competence can

include the knowledge and skills needed to solve a quadratic

equation or situational framework. Taylor, B. M. (2015).

Therefore, leadership competencies are leadership skills and

behaviors that contribute to superior performance. By using a

competence-based approach to leadership, organizations can better

identify and develop their next generation of leaders. Essential

leadership competencies and global competencies trends and

strategy should drive the development of new leadership

competencies. Osteraker, M. C. (2014).

Similarly, some student leaders in Panitan National High

School are not responsible enough or having difficulty to lead

their group because of lack communication, participation and

cooperation from the members.

With the data and information above the researchers were

motivated to conduct an investigation on leadership skills and

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competence of grade 12 HUMSS students. The results may give

valuable insights to researchers that will help improve or

enhance students’ leadership in school that will lead in a future

leaders. The researchers can provide points for effective

leadership style after the study.

Statement of the Problem

This study generally aimed to determine the level of

leadership skills and competence of Humanities and Social

Sciences Student of Panitan National High School.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:

1. What is the level of leadership skills of Grade 12 HUMSS

students?

2. What is the level of leadership competence of Grade 12 HUMSS

students?

3. Is there a significant relationship between leadership

skills and competence of Grade 12 HUMSS students?

Hypothesis of the Study

To answer the following question, the researcher advanced

the alternative hypothesis stating that:

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 There is no significant relationship between leadership

skills and competence of Grade 12 Humanities and Social Sciences

Students.

Theoretical Framework of the Study

This study was based on some theories that were related to

the leadership skills and competence which are supposed to be

processed by the Humanities and Social Sciences Students.

According to Dewey, powerful educational experiences are a

result of two fundamental principles: continuity and interaction.

Captivity refers to how experience, both past and present,

influence the future while interaction refers to how one’s

current situation influence their experience.

Furthermore, Dewey’s philosophy of education highlights the

importance of imagination to drive thinking and learning forward,

and for teacher to provide opportunities for students to suspect

judgement, engage in the playful consideration of possibilities,

and doubtful possibilities.

Conceptual Framework

In this study, the independent variable is the Leadership

skills of Grade 12 HUMSS students. While, the dependent variable

of this study is Competence of Grade 12 HUMSS students.

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 Research Paradigm

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

Leadership Skills Competence

Figure 1. The leadership skills of the respondents

correlated
with competence of Grade 12 HUMSS students

Significance of the Study

The results of this study may provide benefits to the

following individuals, group of individuals and entities:

Students. Results of the study may provide ideas and

information and identify their interests, strengths and weakness

and start applying those to the opportunities offered in college,

high school or even earlier.

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 School Administrator. Results of the study may enable

schools and universities to overcome challenges and innovate ways

to deliver a meaningful classroom experience to students.

Teacher. By becoming a trained teacher leader, increase your

identify changes that will enhance where and how students learn

be a voice for your fellow educators when decisions are being

made and be an effective advocate for the teaching profesion.

Leadership is about the art of motivating, influencing, and

directing people so that they work together to achieve the goals

of a team or broader organization. It’s important for students

experience leadership opportunities during their schooling, to

learn the art of building relationships within teams, defining

identities, and achieving tasks effectively, it also provided an

opportunity to learn to identify and display effective

communication and interpersonal skills.

Scope and Limitation of the Study

This study aimed to determine the leadership skills and

competence of Humanities and Social Sciences Students in Panitan

National High School during the school year 2022-2023.

The research design of this study was descriptive method of

research and researchers survey questionnaire for data

collection.

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 The dependent variable of this study is the competence of

Grade 12 Humanities and Social Sciences students.

The independent variable of this study is leadership skills

of Grade 12 HUMSS students.

The scope of leadership is a framework of competencies that

enable leaders to lead as coaches. It focuses leaders on

developing their people and their peoples’ capabilities. It is a

set of thirty-eight competencies in five categories that are

consistently found in great leaders and top performing

organizations.

Definition of Terms

For better understanding of the important terms were used in

this study, the following are defined both conceptually and

operational.

Leadership skills. The strengths and abilities individuals

demonstrate that help to oversee processes, guide initiatives and

steer their students nor members towards the achievement of

goals. Vancouver, J. B., & Kendall, L. N. (2014).

In this study, this referred to the students’ ability to

lead their members and how they communicate to them.

Competence. The ability to do something well or effectively

and the capacity to respond to individual or societal, demands in

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order to perform an complete a given task. Hackman, J. R., &

Oldham, J. R. (2015).

In this study, this referred to the ability of students to

do or finish something correctly, effectively and well.