MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY AND EMOTIONAL

COMPETENCE OF PUNONG BARANGAYS

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A Thesis Presented to
The Faculty of the Graduate School
Urdaneta City University
Urdaneta City

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In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master in Public Administration
Major in Local Governance

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by

Noime S. Siborboro

April 2011
 ABSTRACT

Name of Researcher Noime S. Siborboro

Degree Program Master in Public Administration

Specialization Major in Local Governance

Institution Urdaneta City University

Date Finished April 2011

Adviser Rogelio D. Mercado, MPA

Title of the Study Management Capability

and Emotional Competence
of Punong Barangays

Keywords Management Capability,

Emotional Competence

This study determined the level of management capability and emotional

competence of Punong Barangays in the municipality of Burgos, Pangasinan namely:

Poblacion, Pogoruac, Papallasen, Don Matias, Sapa Pequeña, and Anapao. The

descriptive-correlational method was used.

Specifically, it determined the following: 1) Profile of Punong Barangays in terms

of sex, age, civil status, and highest educational attainment. 2) Level of management

capability as perceived by themselves, Barangay Council Members and the residents.

3) Level of Emotional competence of Punong Barangays as perceived by themselves,

Barangay Council Members and the residents. 4) Significant difference of emotional

competence as rated by the respondents along with their profile variables, and 5)

Significant relationship between management capability of Punong Barangays as

perceived by the respondents across their profile variables.

 The following research hypotheses were tested in their null forms at the .05 level

of significance: 1) There are no significant differences in the level of emotional

competence of Punong Barangays as perceived by the respondents across their profile

variables, and 2) There are no significant relationships between the management

capability of Punong Barangays as rated by the respondents along with the profile

variables.

The data gathering instrument used was a questionnaire. Frequency counts and

percentages were used to describe the profile of the Punong Barangays, while the

average weighted mean with its descriptive equivalent was used to determine the level

of management capability and emotional competence of Punong Barangays. To test the

difference between the level of emotional competence across their sex and highest

educational attainment, t-test was used and one-way ANOVA was used as for the

Punong Barangays level of emotional competence across age, civil status, and highest

educational attainment. Lastly, on the relationship between the level of management

capability of Punong Barangays and sex, age, civil status, and highest educational

attainment, the Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient was used.

The respondents were a representative of all sectors of the selected barangays

and were able and mature to conduct an assessment of the management capability and

emotional competence of Punong Barangays based on their day-to-day encounter with

these officials. The subjects of this study were capable in managing the affairs of the

barangay which implies that most of the Punong Barangays have acquired skills and

knowledge in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the various resources of

their jurisdiction. The Punong Barangays were emotionally competent in the

performance of their official functions which connotes that they are fully in command of

their emotions and that of their constituents. The profile variables sex, age, and highest

educational attainment used in this study were sources of variation in the emotional

competence of Punong Barangays. The variables sex, age, and civil status were

associated with the level of management capability of the Punong Barangays but not

associated with the highest educational attainment. In view of the above conclusions,

the following recommendations are deemed important: 1) Punong Barangays should

have regularly scheduled fora with the barangay constituents so that they can orient

their management capability based on the consensus of the barangay. 2) There is a

need to enhance the management capability of Punong Barangays specifically along

organizing. Hence, enhanced in-service trainings or seminars should be formulated and

implemented. 3) Punong Barangays should attend symposia and other in-service

conferences to augment their emotional competence particularly in terms of self-

awareness, self-motivation and managing relationship. 4) A continuous evaluation of the

management capability and emotional competence of the Punong Barangays should be

conducted as part of regular evaluation of the Local Government Unit. 5) Further study

on management capability and emotional competence of Punong Barangays specifically

along organizing using more variables is highly recommended.

INTRODUCTION

The barangay is the basic political unit of the Philippine political system.

Originally known as barrio, its name was changed to barangay under Presidential

Decree No. 557, dated September 21, 1974, for purely historical and patriotic reasons

(Orendain, 1996).
 In accordance with the Local Government Code of 1991 specifically Sec. 386, a

barangay may be created out of contiguous territory which has a population of at least

two thousand (2,000) inhabitants as certified by the National Statistics Office except in

cities and municipalities within Metro Manila and other metropolitan political

subdivisions or in highly urbanized cities where such territory shall have a certified

population of at least five thousand (5,000) inhabitants. Provided, that the creation

therefore shall not reduce the population of the original barangay or barangays to less

than the minimum requirements prescribed herein.

It also provides that the territorial jurisdiction of the new barangay shall be

properly identified by metes and bounds or by more or less permanent natural

boundaries.

The barangay serves as the primary planning and implementing unit of

government policies, plans, programs, projects and activities in the community, and as a

forum wherein the collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized and

considered. Also, it is where disputes may be amicably settled as stated in Sec. 384 of

the Code.

Its powers, duties and functions are carried out through three main branches,

namely: the Barangay assembly, the Sangguniang Barangay, and the Punong

Barangay who acts as the head otherwise known as chief executive or Barangay

Captain.

The Punong Barangay shall exercise such powers and perform such duties and

functions as provided by the Local Government Code and other laws, ordinances, and
resolutions promulgated by the Sangguniang Barangay. The general welfare of the

townsfolk is the main concern of the Chief Executive of the Barangay government.

However, in order to fulfill the barangays’ mandates and functions as contained

in the Local Government Code, the Punong Barangays must be equipped with the

necessary capabilities and should not only observe but also practice morally upright

actions.

Since the enactment of the Local Government Code of the Philippines, various

capacity building efforts from the national government, academic institutions, and other

consulting and training organizations have resulted to a number of tangible

improvements in the manner the barangays manage their local affairs. However,

despite the clamor for improved governance, there has been no clear measure of the

level of the capacities of the Punong Barangays and on how they apply these

capacities. Therefore, there is a need to examine whether the developed and introduced

capacities are indeed being applied. There is also a need to prove if these developed

and introduced capacities are effective (Cadorna, 2009).

The standard and quality of life of the people living in the Barangay is dependent

on the wide range of services offered by its local government. These services should be

provided in an efficient and appropriate level of quality. But as to how well these

services are provided is a source of concern among those running the local

government. Thus, there is a need to have feedbacks on the effectiveness of the

delivery of such services in order to have a basis for improvement (Cadorna, 2009).
 Moreover, there is a need for LGUs to be assisted in generating accurate local

data and information to be able to respond to the needs of their constituents (Austere,

2004).

Located in the Western part of Pangasinan, the municipality of Burgos used to be

a part of the Province of Zambales but was thereafter ceded to Pangasinan pursuant to

Commonwealth Act 3290. Burgos town was founded as an independent town in 1830

by the migrating Ilocanos from Paoay, Ilocos Norte, with Don Matias Guiang as its first

gobernadorcillo. The new town formerly named “San Isidro” was changed to Burgos in

1913 during the administration of Don Anacleto Ruiz. The name given is in reference to

father Burgos, the famous Filipino martyr priest.

(http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgos,_Pangasinan)

At present, marine products and rice are the main source of livelihood of the

Burgonians. Burgos is also known for its clean, white beach located at Cabungaoan,

Ilio-ilio, a magnificent seaside residential area and its furniture products made from

bamboos. Furthermore, Burgos has received many awards for being one of the

cleanest, peaceful and jueteng-free towns in Pangasinan for nine years under the

administration of former Mayor Domingo A. Doctor Jr. Thus, it can be said that the

performance of the town is a reflection of the performance of its barangays.

Burgos town is a 4th class municipality and is subdivided into 14 Barangays

namely Anapao, Cacayasen, Concordia, Ilio-ilio, Papallasen, Poblacion, Pogoruac, Don

Matias, San Miguel, San Pascual, San Vicente, Sapa Grande, Sapa Pequeña, and

Tambacan.
 The researcher believes that a Punong Barangay plays a very important role in

the development of the country. If the government seeks to build a strong nation, then it

should have a strong barangay government.

This interests the researcher to explore and measure the levels of management

capability and emotional competence of Punong Barangays in the municipality of

Burgos, Pangasinan that affect their effectiveness in running the affairs of Barangay

government.

LITERATURE

One area of this study involving management capability is substantially similar to

the investigations made by Fianza (1996), Dao-dawon (1995), and Nganag (1996) who

also found out that the barangay officials were capable in the major management

functions of planning organizing, controlling, and leading their constituents. The

difference lies in the fact that this study included the area of emotional competence.

While the three studies involved all the barangay officials as subjects, this study

concentrated on the Punong Barangays. This study also differed with the three inquiries

in terms of locale and number of respondents.

Although Esguera (1995) utilized the term leadership competence, it may be

equated to management capability since he referred to communication and supervising

skills. In this regard this study is similar specially because Esguera chose the profile

variables sex, age, civil status and highest educational attainment of the Punong

Barangays of Cabanatuan City which were also utilized by this researcher.

This inquiry is quite similar to the study conducted by Telen, et al (2009) which

investigated the influence of intellective and non-intellective factors on the performance

of barangay Captains on governance, fiscal administration development planning,

barangay legislation, delivery of basic services and facilities and compliance to

directives for fiscal year 2007 in Dapitan City. It is similar in the sense that intellective

factors may be regarded as management capability and non-intellective factors may be

labeled as emotional competence.

This study is quite different since it tried to investigate the influence of selected profile

variables on the management capability and emotional competence of Punong

Barangays while that of Telen, et al studied the effect of the intellective and non-

intellective factors on the performance of the Barangay Captains.

As could be gleaned from the various studies reviewed and this inquiry, it

appears that the present crop of barangay officials specifically the Punong Barangays of

Barangay Captains are capable in terms of management capability and emotional

competence.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

In this inquiry, the researcher posits that management capability and emotional

competence of Punong Barangays are the key toward the effective prosecution of

community projects and activities.

Management capability involves the ability to plan, organize direct or lead, and

control the different resources of the barangay while emotional competence is the ability

or skill to identify assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others and of groups.

This means that when a Punong Barangay knows how to plan, organize direct or

lead, and control the activities of the community, and is able to control his own emotions

and that of others, he is bound to succeed in his position.

 This study, however, proceeded further by looking into the effect of some

selected profile variables of Punong Barangays on their management capability and

emotional competence.

The profile variables considered were: sex, age, civil status, and highest

educational attainment. These are the considered underlying factors that might affect

the dependent variables of the study.

This study then attempted to look into the significance of the difference in the

level of emotional competence of Punong Barangays across their profile variables and

the significance of the relationship between the management capabilities of Punong

Barangays across their profile variables.

The relationship of the variables utilized in this study is shown in Figure 1 on the

next page.
 INDEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPENDENT VARIABLE

Profile of Respondents
Management Capability
a. Sex
and
b. Age
Emotional Competence
c. Civil Status

of
d. Highest Educational
Punong Barangays
Attainment

Fig.1. Paradigm of the study showing the relationship between the Independent and

Dependent Variables.

RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY AND SAMPLING SCHEME

The respondents of the study included Punong Barangays, Barangay Council

Members and the residents of the six selected barangays of Burgos municipality.
 The six barangays were chosen from the highest, middle and lowest populated

barangays of the town. Two barangays each were selected from the highest, middle

and lowest populated barangays. Barangay Poblacion and Pogoruac were picked from

the highest populated barangays, barangays Papallasen and Don Matias were chosen

from the middle while the lowest populated barangays, included Sapa Pequeña and

Anapao. Two barangay Council Members each from the six barangays who garnered

the highest number of votes composed the second group of respondents.

In addition, the residents from the six barangays were randomly selected using

Slovin’s formula resulting to a total of three hundred fifty-three (353) respondents from

the heads of the households, Punong Barangay and Barangay Council Members.

Where: n = sample size

N = number of households

e = allowable error

Table 1

Distribution of the Sample respondents to the Six chosen Barangays

% Head of
No. of Punong Barangay Council
Barangay Sample
Households Barangays Members
Households
Poblacion 670 33.4 112 1 2
Pogoruac 462 23.1 77 1 2
Papallasen 274 13.7 46 1 2
Don Matias 292 14.6 49 1 2
Sapa Pequeña 191 9.5 32 1 2
Anapao 114 5.7 19 1 2
Total 2003 100% 335 6 12
DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

Before floating the questionnaires to the respondents, the researcher first sought

permission from the office of the Mayor of the Burgos municipality to administer the

questionnaires to the respondents of the six chosen barangays. The questionnaires

were administered and retrieved personally by the researcher.

STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA

Generally, the study used the five-point rating scale system. This system was

used to measure the level of management capability and emotional competence of

Punong Barangays. The abovementioned scale system used is further described using

the scale below.

Transmuted Ratings
Literal Numerical Wm Score Descriptive
Rating Value Range Rating Management Emotional
Capability Competence
A 5 4.50 – 5.00 Always Very Capable Very High

B 4 3.50 – 4.49 Often Capable High

Moderately
C 3 2.50 – 3.49 Sometimes Capable Moderately High

D 2 1.50 – 2.49 Seldom Slightly Capable Fairly High

E 1 1.00 – 1.49 Never Not Capable Low

In order to have a valid and reliable interpretation of data, appropriate tools were

used. The data gathered were processed using Statistical Package for the Social

Sciences (SPSS) version 19 software in order to analyze the data gathered from the

respondents.
 To answer problem number 1 on the profile variable of the respondents, the

frequency counts and percentages were used.

Where: p = percentage equivalent to each category

f = number of respondents falling under each
category
n = total number of respondents

For problem number 2 and 3 which is the level of management capability and

emotional competence as perceived by the respondents, a five-point scale system

shown on the preceding page was applied.

The difference between the level of emotional competence of Punong Barangay

across their profile variables (Problem Number 4) was determined by using t-test and

one-way ANOVA (analysis of variance).

Finally, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer

problem number 5 regarding the relationship between the selected profile variables with

that of management capability of the Punong Barangays.

FINDINGS

1. Most of the respondents are male, 38-42 years of age, married, and high

school graduate.

2. The Punong Barangays have a management capability equivalent to capable.

3. The Punong Barangays are emotionally competent with regard to their level of

emotional competence.

4. The level of emotional competence of Punong Barangays has significant

difference with respect to the variables: sex, age, and highest educational attainment.
 5. The level of Management capability of Punong Barangays are not correlated

with sex, age, and civil status.

CONCLUSIONS

Based on the findings, the researcher arrived at the following conclusions:

1. The respondents are a representative of all sectors of the selected Barangays

and are able and mature to conduct an assessment of the management capability and

emotional competence of Punong Barangays based on their day-to-day encounter with

these officials.

2. The subjects of this study are capable in managing the affairs of the barangay

which implies that most of the Punong Barangays have acquired skills and knowledge in

planning, organizing, leading and controlling the various resources of their jurisdiction.

3. The Punong Barangays are emotionally competent in the performance of their

official functions which connotes that they are fully in command of their emotions and

that of their constituents.

4. The profile variables sex, age, and highest educational attainment used in this

study are sources of variation in emotional competence of Punong Barangays.

5. The variables sex, age, and civil status are associated with the level of

management capability of the Punong Barangays but not associated with highest

educational attainment.

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