AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE WHICH IS THE METHOD OF MANAGEMENT IN MODERN SOCIETY

Abstract

Today ?governance? concept has introduced to be used instead of understanding public management which is accepted as a more hierarchical relationship between state and citizen. This management understanding is implemented to the life through e-government. In this research, it is aimed to measure the school managers? perceptions about good governance with the aid of their e-governance and its applications. School managers? perceptions about good governance were investigated according to variables such as their genders and schools (public and private) they served. 170 school managers from Konya Central districts participated in this study. As data collection tools, personal information form and ?Scale of Good Governance? developed by Sirajul Haque Kandhro (2011) was used in the study. The scale was adapted to Turkish by researcher. The scale was consisted of totally seven sub-scales; accountability, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness, responsiveness, rule of law, participation and strategic vision. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation and independent t-test methods were used to analyze data. School managers? perceptions about good governance according to their genders were found significantly differences in favor of women managers for accountability and participation of sub scales. According to the schools (public- private) they manage, it was found significantly differences in favor of school managers who were served in public schools for accountability, transparency, rule of law and strategic vision of subscales.