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Unit 1: Educational Management: Concept, Nature and Scope ...

1.7 Characteristics of Good Management Notes

The characteristics of successful school management are given in the following points :
(1) Flexibility,
(2) Practicability,
(3) Confirmity to the social and political philosophy of the country.
(4) Efficiency.
(5) Successful achievement of desired objectives.
The characteristics of school management details have been given following paragraphs :
(1) Flexibility : One of the essential characteristics of successful school management is its flexible
character. The manager should be dynamic, not static; it should provide enough scope for
additions and alternations. The rules and regulations should act as a means to end and not an
end in themselves. Dead uniformity and mechanical efficiency is the very antithesis of good
administration. The framework of administration should provide enough scope to the
administrator to help the needy student, and the needy teacher, to change the time schedule to
suit the weather to meet any emergency. A word of caution here. Flexibility does not means
that the administration should be in a fluid condition without any specific norm or standard
rules and regulations, creating confusion and chaos at every step. What is meant, is a proper
balance between rigidity and elasticity.
(2) Practicability : The school management must not be a bundle of theoretical principles, but must
provide practical measure to achieve the desired objectives. Whatever objective is decided it
must be achievable and practicable to avoid frustration.
(3) Confirmity to the Social and Political Philosophy of the Country : There must be close
connection between school management and the social and political philosophy of a country. It
must adjust itself to the impact of new ideals, new patterns and new moves of the society. In an
autocratic country, educational theory and practice will have to be different form that of a
democratic country because education is one of the means to achieve social and political
objectives. American education is decentralised and democratised whereas Chinese education
is characterised by regimentation due to political philosophies of the respective countries. In
India, school administration has to be democratic because of political democracy in the country.
(4) Efficiency : Successful management is that which result in maximum efficiency. This will be
possible only when human and material resources are properly utilised- right man at the right
place; right work at the right time, every activity and project are well planned and well executed.
(5) Successful Achievement of Desired Objectives : Successful management is one which leads to
the successful achievement of desired objectives of education in a particular community e.g.,
healthy social living, development of good physical, social, moral, intellectual and aesthetic
qualities and healthy democratic living.
School management must facilitate education. It exists for the pupil and its efficiency has to be
measured by the extent to which it contributes to teaching and learning.

Self Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are ‘true’ or ‘false’.
(i) Management is an executive function.
(ii) Administration is an implementing function.
(iii) Management is a middle and lower level function.
(iv) Administration is a doing function because administrator get work done under their
supervision.
(v) Educational management must provide theoretical measures to achieve the desired objectives.

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