Abstract:
The focus of the study is to explore the relationship between women‟s managerial effectiveness and
organizational performance in Government Schools in Jaffna. Individual‟s managerial skills and
characteristics of management are necessary to improve managerial effectiveness and achieve the
organizational performance. This study was conducted to find out the general concept of the woman
educator and her role as a school administrator in the society. The objective of the study was to identify
the fit between the women managerial effectiveness and the organizational performance. The Central
research question here is “To what extent managerial effectiveness of women managers‟/principals‟ lead
to organizational performance?” To answer this question, data were gathered from Women principals,
Vice principals, Deputy Principals and sectional heads in fifteen government primary and secondary
schools. A total number of 65 questionnaires were sent out but a total of 43 responded. Simple
statistical method of data analysis was used and it was discovered that female school mangers can
perform with skills which leads to school performance. The study also showed that in terms of skills
and characteristics in all areas reviewed, women able to attain effective management positions and can
perform well to get good performance in the school. It was concluded that managerial effectiveness
and organizational performance has positive relationship and the managerial effectiveness also one of
the factor other than customer satisfaction, service quality, competitiveness which determine the
organizational performance.
