Abstract:
The study's general aim is to determine the degree of association between
the Use of Oral Presentations (UOP) Competency scores and Leadership
Effectiveness description of the selected Middle Level Managers. The Behavioral
Event Interview along with its corresponding coding system (Boyatzis, 1982) was
used to measure the UOP Competency of the Middle Level Managers, while the
Least Preferred Co-Worker scale, Leader-Member Relations scale, Task Structure
scale, and Position Power scale (Fiedler & Chemers, 1984) were used to determine
the Leadership Effectiveness description of the Middle Level Managers. Self-report
and direct report responses were gathered from a total of 26 respondents: 5 of which
were the Middle Level Managers, while 21 were their direct subordinates. Six of the
respondents were from the Software Development Group of the Philippine National
Bank head office; 6 were from the ATM Operations Group of the Philippine National
Bank head office; and 14 were from the Retail Banking Sectors of the Philippine
National Bank head office, Philippine National Bank - BSP Service Unit, and Asia
United Bank - Annapolis Branch. Two of the Middle Level Managers were found to
be effective (according to Fiedler's theory) and they also had higher UOP
Competency scores as compared to the ineffective leaders. The results showed that
there is a strong association between the UOP Competency scores (Boyatzis, 1982)
and Leadership Effectiveness description (Fiedler, 1967) of the selected Middle
Level Managers.
