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Educational Management

Notes 1.8 Summary

• Educational management operates in educational organizations.
• “School management, as a body of educational doctrine, comprises a number of principles and
precepts relating primarily to the technique of classroom procedure and derived largely from
the practice of successful teachers.
• “Management implies an orderly way of thinking. It describes in operational terms what is to
be done, how it is to be done, and how we know when we have done. Management is not an
arcane mystique. It is a method of operation. Good management should result in an orderly
integration of education and society
• In a democratic country like ours, educational management is a necessity. Some suitable, stable
elements are properly motivated and organised in the machinery becomes necessary to withstand
and survive the changes and upheavals caused because of change of Governments. Superior
educational management in fact is so basic to the satisfactory functioning of democracy.
• An efficient and sound system of educational management is, in fact the basis of a good
democracy.
• It is the management of educational institutions to foster teaching and learning. As a field of
practice, it has some aspects in common with other fields of management, such as public
administration, hospital administration and business management.
• Dynamic Function
As a dynamic function, educational management has to be performed continuously, in an ever-
changing environment.
• Practicability
The school management must not be a bundle of theoretical principles, but must provide practical
measures to achieve the desired objectives Whatever the objective that is decided must be made
achievable and practicable to avoid frustration.
• Distinct Process
Management is a distinct process to be performed to determine and accomplish stated objectives
by the use of human beings and other resources.
• Needed at All Levels of the Organization
According to the nature of task and the scope of authority, management is needed at all levels
of the organization.
• System of Authority
Authority to get the work accomplished from others is implied in the very concept of
management since it is a process of directing men to perform a task.
• Management as an art
• As an art, management is about carrying out organisational functions and tasks through people.
• Management as a science
• Management here is concerned with establishing a philosophy, laws, theories, principles,
processes and practices which can be applied in various situations, including schools.
• As an organisation, management is about creating formal structures and an establishment based
on a mission (or goals), objectives, targets, functions and tasks.
• Management as a person

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