Abstract
The focus of this article is on the enhancement or amplification of specific knowledge to meet and respond to challenges in all myriad spheres of leadership in a democratic culture more especially principal of schools. Prior to democratic culture, general knowledge seemed to be predominant in all spheres of life. Moving from general knowledge to specific knowledge is a development that improves competence that can presumably strengthen and sustain a responsibly coherent profession and leadership in a democratic culture. The majority of people appeared to be on the level of general knowledge and they should not remain on this level of general knowledge. In a democratic culture, everyone has the right to know hence knowledge is the creation of human mind. Specific knowledge development is not a simplistic issue. This needs critical thinkers that quickly identify assumptions and challenge them. Due to general knowledge, people would try to reinvent a wheel in a time wasting fashion. General knowledge develops and promotes naïve argument in any environment more especially in a work environment hence specific knowledge develops and promotes intellectual argument which enhances improvement of attitude, behaviour and mindset that ultimately improve performance. Although the literature about knowledge development is abundant, there appear a few literatures about the shifting from general knowledge to specific knowledge. The researchers adopted a case study approach for the description and explanation of the problem. The researchers identified ten principals of schools from the same circuit area and conducted interviews to find out how they respond to certain problems. The purpose was to find out if they use general knowledge or specific knowledge to respond to their challenges. Their responses were presented as an inductive research.
Highlights
Introduction and Motivation to the StudySince the advent of Democracy, people have enormous challenges at their work environments some of which they think they are insurmountable it is a question of specific knowledge to respond and mitigate any challenge
The leadership should have in-depth knowledge of their institution to avoid the use of general knowledge because in all work environments, the subordinates of leadership are abreast of the working conditions
The respondents showed that whatever the leadership implement should be grounded by the policy that will be a clear evidence of specific knowledge
Summary
Since the advent of Democracy, people have enormous challenges at their work environments some of which they think they are insurmountable it is a question of specific knowledge to respond and mitigate any challenge. It is a stuff that is just being figured out or really hard to figure out and tends to be technical and creative It is on the bleeding of technology, on the bleeding edge of art and on the bleeding edge of communication. Specific knowledge can be acquired through continuing professional education and research to learn more about the area of your interest. Unless you learn and ask other people, you would reckon on general knowledge only. Specific knowledge strengthens and sustains strategic leadership which is significant towards the achievement of the objective of any organization
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