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Abstract
This Study investigated the extent to which Participatory Decision Making influences the Effective Management of Educational Organizations. More specifically, the study examined the significant influence of teachers’ participation in decision making on the effective management of educational organizations.
The Survey research design was used in this study. A total sample of 450 respondents being 300 teachers, 50 parents, 60 students and 40 principals/vice principals was used in the study. The simple random sampling technique was also used to select teachers while the purposive sampling technique was used to select principals, parents and students. The Chi-square test of independence was used to verify the hypothesis. The results showed that there a positive relationship between the variable and effective school management. Based on the results, some recommendations were made to school administrators and to teachers.