Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Date

2019

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education

Department

Leadership & Policy Studies

Committee Chair

Mary Boudreaux

Committee Member

Lou Gamble

Committee Member

Wendy Griswold

Committee Member

Donald Hopper

Abstract

To begin this process of setting a premise for school officials and other stakeholders on the need to address issues within the field of human capital management systems (HCMS), formerly human resources, this study aims to fill a gap in the literature on one area within the study of educational leadership that is often overlooked, the role of the human capital leader. The purpose of this quantitative study was to illuminate the area of human capital management systems (HCMS) by conducting a position description analysis of the human capital leader within a convenience sample of small rural school districts in southwest Tennessee. The study sought to answer two questions to determine whether 16 identified professional functions had been included in the current human capital leader school district job descriptions. The professional functions in this study were based on a layout from the 16 Professional Functions of Human Capital Leaders in Educational Professional Standards (AASPA, 2013-2018) designed specifically for school districts. The outcome from the content analysis concluded that 11 (69%) of the 16 Professional Functions of the Human Capital Leaders in Educational Professional Standards (AASPA, 2013-2018) were listed in the human capital leaders current job descriptions. The results of the study indicated that there was a difference in the total number of independent variables (descriptors) for each human capital leader current job description based on the 16 Professional Functions of the Human Capital Leaders in Educational Professional Standards (AASPA, 2013-2018). The findings support the confounding need to enlist the human capital leader as a strategic educational partner in school districts. Doing so sets forth the pathway to transform school districts from human resources to a human capital management system that maximizes the role of the human capital leader in transforming the educational system and reforming educational efforts to improve teaching and learning.Keywords: workforce planning, human capital, HCMS, talent management, school districts.

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Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest

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