Healthy organizations need to maximize human resources to achieve their goals; they need to integrate their programs and empower their employees. The study described the organizational condition of private schools and colleges in Nueva Ecija in terms of organizational structure, employer-employee relationship, and employee’s growth and development. The study used descriptive method and utilized survey research. A total of 114 employees (composed of 76 teaching and 38 non-teaching staff) from private schools and colleges in Nueva Ecija were involved in this study. Based on the gathered data and analysis of the results, the researchers concluded that the private schools and colleges of Nueva Ecija have demonstrated to be very satisfactory in their organizational condition. This was highlighted in the aspects of organizational structure and employee’s growth and development. This focuses on the commitment of all the members in achieving goals and objectives of their organizations, and at the same time giving opportunities to all the members to become productive according to distributed roles, and responsibilities, acknowledging one’s accomplishments, and group cohesiveness.
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Santos, K. E. S. and Nocum, C. L. R. (2020). Organizational Condition of
Private Schools and Colleges
in Nueva Ecija. Open Access Library Journal, 7, e6112. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1106112.
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