December 2015 Vol. 3 No.12

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Original Research Article

The mediating role of demographic characteristics on the role of academic middle managers in curriculum change in private higher education in Botswana

^*1Norman Rudhumbu and ²Cosmas Maphosa

¹Botho University, Gaborone, Botswana
²University of Fort Hare, South Africa

*Corresponding Author’s Email: nrudhumbu@gmail.com

Accepted November 16, 2015

Abstract

This study examined the influence of demographic or biographic characteristics on the role of Academic Middle Managers (AMMs) in the planning and implementation of curriculum change in private higher education (PHE) in Botswana. Past and current studies on the influence of biographic characteristics show conflicting findings on how biographic characteristics affect a manager’s role during the period of change. Such studies show that one group of authorities argues that biographic characteristics have no influence on AMM role during a change process while another group also argues that they have a significant influence on AMM role. The study employed a quantitative approach that used a structured questionnaire for data collection. Collected data was analysed using SPSS version 21. Results of the study showed that overall, biographic characteristics which include level of education, years of experience and gender have an influence on the way AMMs enact their roles during the planning and implementation of curriculum change while age and size of the department have no influence.

Keywords: Academic middle manager, Age, Curriculum change, Demographic characteristics, Department size, Experience, Educational level, Gender, Role