Practices of Effective Leadership Design Model in Higher Educational Institution Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) in Northern Perak, Malaysia.

Abstract

Effective institutional  leaderis the crucial player to the successful  or failureof an educational institution. However, the expectation to own an effective leader often in vain. The reason is because leaders lack of a standard guideline that based on the local context. Therefore, this studyis to develop a proposed model of effective leadership forMalaysian higher educational institutions, in particular, higher educational institutions which are owned by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA). To achieve the research purpose, the questionnaires instrument  were distributed to  240 academic staff from the selected higher educational institutionsof Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA)in northern Perak, Malaysia. The data were analysed using a statistical method called Partial Least Square (PLS) to developaproposedmodel of effective leadership.The effective leadership design model can provide guidelines and encourage leaders to enhance and bring positive changethat helps educational institutions succeed and be effective.