Presedential leadership style determinant of policy implementation in the Philippines

Abstract

This article looks into the role of a President's leadership style in determining and implementing policy, taking off from Richard Neustadt's model on "presidential power" and from George Edwards and Stephen Wayne's model on "presidential leadership." Based on these two models, this article seeks to present a new framework or model on presidential leadership style that can be applied given a presidential system of government as that of the Philippines.

The leadership styles of Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, and Joseph Estrada were studied using four perspectives, namely: "Active Director, Active Facilitator," "Active Director, Passive Facilitator," "Passive Director, Active Facilitator," and "Passive Director, Passive Facilitator." It found that Corazon Aquino was a "Passive Director, Active Facilitator," Fidel Ramos as "Active Director, Active Facilitator," and Joseph Estrada as "Passive Director, Passive Facilitator." The study also categorized policy into "Public-Regarded Policy," and "Private-Regarded Policy." The article then offers new perspectives on how the Executive - currently Rodrigo Duterte - can attain "Public Regarded Policy," or policy that best caters to the interests of the country.

Source or Periodical Title

U.P. LOS BAŇOS JOURNAL

Page

73-97

Document Type

Article

Physical Description

tables

Language

English

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