EFEKTIFITAS KEPEMIMPINAN STRUKTURAL TERHADAP PERBAIKAN KUALITAS KINERJA SUMBER DAYAMANUSIA (SDM) UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA

Assessment of leadership effectiveness is a important series of activities connected with the role of a leader in an institution. This assessment can be made as a reference to the performance of institutions in the purpose to realize its vision and mission. This study set of problems that occur in the higher education environment where the academic staff received less attention and often regarded as second-class workers who are incompetent and inresponsive in their work. Leaders should pay more attention to capacity building for the university's future. The issues are (1) the conditions for education personnel (number, level of education and competence), (2) the role of leadership in staff-motivating, (3) communication between superiors and subordinates, (4) reward and punishment, (5) limitation of good quality resources, (6) lack of education and training for employees. In general, all the issue is about leadership, motivation, personal ability and communication. The population in this study is the educational staff at the three directorates which is located at the UGM central office and the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University. Disproportionate stratified random sampling technique sampling were used in this study. The data used in this study is primary data in the form of respondents' answers regarding the research variables, obtained through questionnaires and interviews. Normality test, item validity and reliability testing is conducted to obtain the reliability of the data. Cronbach's Alpha of 92% are used for the effectiveness of leadership and 95.6% also used for HR performance. The results of the Pearson correlation between leadership effectiveness and performance of human resorce is 0,672 with significance at the level of 0,01 conducted with 2 sided test. The R² value (R-square) is 58.1%. Adjusted R Square as the contribution of the independent variables effect to dependent effect is 0577, and the error standard of the estimate is 8527. Based on the results of this study, it was indicate that there is a positive correlation between leadership effectiveness with performance of human resource quality (proffesional staff) in Universitas Gadjah Mada.