Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1986

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to survey secondary school principals and district finance officers of Florida, so as to identify and evaluate the competencies which they deem necessary for administering the internal accounts. Additionally, the study sought to ascertain if there was agreement within and between the two respondent groups concerning the following: (1) the necessary competencies; (2) the level of importance of the specified competencies; (3) the most appropriate time for acquiring and developing the competencies; (4) the possible relationships between the indicated competencies and selected demographic characteristics. To examine these areas the survey research design was designated as appropriate and a questionnaire was designed to seek the necessary information. The individuals to be surveyed were from two populations. The first population consisted of the 67 district finance officers of Florida. Due to the small size of this population all members were surveyed. Of the 67 finance officers, 60 returned usable questionnaires. This gave an 89.5% return rate. The second population was randomly drawn from the 297 secondary schools of Florida. A sample size of 30%, or 89, of the 297 secondary schools was represented. Of the 89 principals, 72 returned usable questionnaires. This gave an 80.8% return rate. To analyze the areas under consideration, research questions and null hypotheses were developed. The statistics employed to perform the analysis were both descriptive and inferential. The descriptive statistics utilized were the following: means, standard deviations, minimum and maximum values and percentages. The inferential statistics employed were the one-way analysis of variance and the chi-square test for significance. The results indicated the following: (1) all competencies were perceived as necessary and, as groups, rated very to moderately important; (2) all competencies required an educational medium which, as groups, was perceived to be on-job training; (3) enrollment of the school may possibly affect the competency group, Business Management.

Extent

175 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.

Identifier

FADT11881

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