Model of Analytical Decision-Making Styles of the State Senior High School Principals in West Java

Abstract

Principal leadership has a strategic role in the success of education in schools. Decision making is a very important in strategic role because mistakes in decision making will have an impact on the process and results of a program. This can be understood because the style of decision making is an action or behavior to move the school component towards achieving educational goals by considering the work environment, group pressure, emerging behavior, task demands, personal needs and sudden needs so that it displays typical actions in choosing a number of the best alternative. Therefore, this study is a study conducted on the tendency of principals to make decisions that are used as an effective model for now, namely the analytical decision-making style model. By using a descriptive analysis study approach, this study produced several important findings, namely: First, the analytical decision-making style carried out by the Principal showed high tolerance for uncertainty. Second, analytical decision-making styles tend to be task / technical oriented so that they need accurate data and information to make decisions. Third, the model of effective analytical decision-making style is applied by the Principal in solving complicated problems, especially related to education policy. Keywords—analytical decision-making style; educational success; education policy