Challenges of Managerial Functions Emerging within IGRA Professional Organizations in East Kalimantan - Summary and Review

Oct 15, 2026

Ikatan Guru RaudhatulAthfal (IGRA) functions as a professional forum for Early Childhood Education (ECE) educators and institutions, yet its managerial implementation in East Kalimantan faces substantial obstacles. This study examines IGRA challenges through organizational management principles, using POAC (planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling). In-depth interviews involved IGRA leadership and members across Samarinda, Balikpapan, Tenggarong, and Berau. Results indicate ineffective application driven by leadership constraints, organizational funding, member competency, government support gaps, and other barriers, followed by implications and suggestions.

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Literature Review

IGRA as Professional Organization

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DINAMIKA ILMU Vol. 21 No. 1, 2021 P-ISSN: 1411-3031; E-ISSN: 2442-9651 doi: [http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v21i1.3061](http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v21i1.3061) Challenges of Managerial Functions Emerging within IGRA Professional Organizations in East Kalimantan Ity Rukiyah State Islamic Institute of Samarinda, Indonesia [e-mail: kampusity123@gmail.com](e-mail: kampusity123@gmail.com) Marniati Kadir State Islamic Institute of Samarinda, Indonesia [e-mail: marniati17samarinda@gmail.com](e-mail: marniati17samarinda@gmail.com) Zakiyah Ulfah State Islamic Institute of Samarinda, Indonesia [e-mail: ulfah.zack@gmail.com](e-mail: ulfah.zack@gmail.com) Abstract The function of Ikatan Guru RaudhatulAthfal, or what so-called by IGRA is ideally asa forum for professional development of educators and educational members of Early Childhood Education or ECE institutions. This research is aimed to figure out challenges faced by IGRA in East Kalimantan in relation to principles of organizational management i.e, planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling, or what so-called by POAC. In-dept interview was done to the head and members of IGRA in East Kalimantan in four different cities i.e, Samarinda, Balikpapan, Tenggarong, and Berau. Findings of this research indicate that principles of organizational management have not effectively been employed due to very crucial challenges, including leadership, organizational funding, IGRA members competency, government support, and some other critical barriers that trigger insufficient management implementation of IGRA in East Kalimantan. Research implications and suggestions are discussed further in this research. Keywords: challenges, IGRA, principles of management, professional organization Dinamika Ilmu, Volume 21(1), 2021 71 Ity Rukiyah, Marniati Kadir, Zakiyah Ulfah A. Introduction A professional organization is a forum for associations of people who have special expertise which carried out continuous activities and agenda. In this case, a professional organization in Indonesia such as Raudhatul Athfal Teacher Association or what so-called IGRA is ideally managed according to management functions. Management functions are activities which are contained in the managerial process. McNamara (2009) noted that there are five basic elements in management which proposed by Henri Fayol over 90 years ago i.e, planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. Meanwhile, Terry (1986) pointed out that there are four principles in management, including planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling. Management can also functioned in building creativity and innovation for administrators in an organization (McKeown, 2019) . In this case, creativity is important because its existence can improve the quality of management where it refers to the combination of old ideas in new ways. Other than that, innovation is also important because it contains the process of collaboration of people involvement, both inside and outside the organization. Having a well-managed organization is very important, so that researches regarding with management becomes interesting and useful to many professional organizations to be done in many aspects (Hanim, 2019; Ilyasin, 2020, 2019; Mahmud, 2012; Na’imah, 2018; Zamroni, 2019) . Specifically, IGRA, as one of the professional organizations for Early Childhood Education or what so-called ECE plays a vital role in the development of early childhood education. Specifically, IGRA was founded in 2002 which functioned to carry out programs aimed at increasing the professionalism of educators and educational staff as well as ECE graduates. Thus, this professional organization has a major and strategic role in improving the quality of ECE institutions. The existence of IGRA in East Kalimantan has been quite long and of course, has contributed a lot to improving the quality of ECE institutions. However, some researches showed that IGRA

FAQs

What management framework does the study use to analyze IGRA in East Kalimantan?

The study uses POAC principles in organizational management: planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling, as referenced through Terry (1986) and Terry & Rue (2015).

Where and how was the research conducted?

In-depth interviews were conducted with IGRA leaders and members in four East Kalimantan cities: Samarinda, Balikpapan, Tenggarong, and Berau.

What challenges most affect IGRA’s managerial function implementation?

Key challenges include leadership issues, organizational funding limitations, IGRA members’ competency, government support gaps, and additional barriers that reduce effective management application.

Oct 15, 2026

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