ANALYZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relation between the innovation management competencies of the school administrators and organizational communication. The study is conducted in descriptive survey model. The study is conducted on the elementary school teachers working in the state elementary schools under the Ministry of National Education in Erzurum city center, 2014-2015 academic years. The sample of the study consists of 232 teachers working in 15 elementary schools selected with simple random sampling method. “The Scale of Innovation Management Competencies of School Administrators” and “Communication Scale” are used in the data collection of the study. Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient (r) is used in determining the relationship between the variables, and multiple linear regression analysis is done to determine the prediction level of the independent variables for the dependent variables. As a result of the study, it has been determined that there is a positive relation between the innovation management competencies of the school administrators and organizational communication. According to the regression analysis results, the determining, preparing and evaluating the need for change dimensions of the innovation management competencies of the school managers scale predict significantly and positively the knowledge based communication dimension of organizational communication scale. Implementation dimension of change is not the only predictor of implementation dimension of organizational communication and evaluation dimension of change is also not the only predictor of the attitude and behavior dimensions of organizational communication.