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Educational Management

Notes organization. Hodgkinson gets much closer to this in the conception of administration-as
philosophy.
(2) Alert to Forces of Environment : An expectation of heads is that they will be alert to the
forces in the environment of the school which have potential relevance for its internal
activities. These forces can be divided into two clusters. One cluster will contain relevant
knowledge of what is happening in the broader educational worlds. This would largely
entail a knowledge of existing and emerging educational policies at national and local levels.
(3) Selection of Goals : The head who would create a mission for the school would have the
continuous task of selection from these clusters of knowledge which, as modified by an awareness
of forces within the head and within the teachers currently teaching in the school and such
other organizational forces as structures and resources, would fashion set of goals for the school
which could be designed as a mission. Different leadership style entail differences in the degree
to which heads construct mission alone or in collaboration with members of staff who would
have been encouraged to contribute to the negotiation of a mission on the basis of their knowledge
of environmental forces and forces within themselves. To the head would fall the task of
articulating and presenting the mission. This would be achieved through verbalization, through
the deliberate deployment of symbols, or through a series of less obstructive symbolic acts. At
this point the task merges into the middle elements of Hodgkinson’s model : Politics and mobilizing.
This involves the securing of staff commitment to the mission. The task then moves to the
operationalisation stage and merges with the managerial components of the Hodgkinson model.
This involves the fulfilment of the two basic dimensions of leadership : task achievement and
social needs satisfaction.
(4) Knowledge and Skill of Professional Training : The headmaster must have knowledge in
social sciences, psychology, philosophy, sociology and economics. He must also remain in touch
with the latest scientific developments. He should not only know his own subject of specialization
but should also know the latest thinking in other school subjects. He should possess adequate
and effective professional training because educational administration is a specialized job. Only
a highly trained headmaster can show the way to the members of the staff on teaching techniques.
He must have mastery of education child and social psychology.
(5) Loving his Teacher Students and Parents : The headmaster has to deal with his teachers, the
students and their parents. He should be able to get the best out of every teacher. The headmaster
should recognize the good work done by his colleagues. As Ryburn says, “Nothing will more
encourage a man or a woman, a boy or a girl, to greater effort than an encouraging recognition
of good work done, of sincere efforts made, a good qualities shown.”
(6) Sound Physical Health : The headmaster with poor health cannot be justice to his difficult
assignment. For maintaining physical efficiency, Jaswant Singh has given the following
suggestion. “A balanced diet, supply of vitamins, adequate intake of water, elimination of
waste products, exercise and health living.”
(7) Sound Attitude Towards Life : The headmaster must take to optimism to the extent of seeing
something good in an event of misfortune. He must approach everything with the confidence
of air of success. Financial worries must not trouble him. He must guard himself against any
frustration. Intelligent planing and budgeting will relieve him of financial worries. On the
whole, he must have ultimate faith in himself and his creator. He should drives the same
satisfaction from working for the institution as the artist or the sculptor derives when working
late hours over his handwork, fully attentive to the smallest detail, never tiring.
(8) Winning of Faith : The headmaster should be a man of faith. As Ryburn says, “It is essential
therefore, that be he not only a man of high character but also that he be a man of faith; faith in
vocation, faith in his pupils, faith in human nature and faith in his staff.”

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