What is management? Write a short note on School Management.

Management is process, that which are performed by managers. We invariably come across managers who are involved in planning, organizing, directing, motivating, controlling and decision making. These processes are also called organizational process because they go beyond an individual manager and effect the entire organization.

Everybody is well known and well aware that teachers carry out their work on a day to day basis in conditions of endless variety, disturbance and sometimes even unpredictability. As a manager a teacher can conduct like as, formulates a plan of action of a year, a month or a day, organize a debate in class, and motivates learners by giving reinforcement on their effort. Decides on the audio-visual aids to be used while teaching a particular topic, to be measure student’s performance and action their assignments and project. Planning is a importance in school managements there cannot be exist a good administration without planning very little scope for intelligent and directed activity. It is an essential component of any kind of meaningful activity to take place in a classroom or outside. A teacher as a manager need to understand that there has to be a systematic, organized and articulated scheme of working. We need planning on what to teach and how to teach the content, lesson planning, co-curriculum activity planning etc. school organization is also a important work for develop a school. Here we need to define the purpose and objectives, analyse and identify activities or task required to meet these objectives, allocate relation activities to individuals, provide for management and co ordination of activities at each level of responsibility, and need to establish a report and communication channel. Determining the nature and sequence of various activities, defining the role of different teachers in charge of different items for the programme. Direction also very important function of management like others. Direction involves getting the work done individuals have to be supervises, motivated and communicated with. Motivation too a very important role in school management. It needs adopting a positive attitude towards learners instead of a fault finding one, giving positive reinforcement i.e. appreciation and encouragement,making academic and non academic activities in a classroom relevant, meaningful and joyful. Involving students in discussion and in activities that call for collaboration, responding to student queries and problems in an encouraging manner, making teaching learning process an experimental one, so that the learners can identify with what is happening outside the classroom. Controlling to students is also a very difficult matter. Comparing result with plans and taking correctives action when required. It indicated how far the goals have been achieved and to what extent there is deviation from the plants. The basis control is measured. Its depends on accurate information and feedback about what is happening compared with what should be happening. In other words, we can say that control deals with the difference between planned and actual performance. As a teacher we will be given tatal responsibility for all that happens within your command. We cannot delegate that responsibility in fact we will have to try and monitor everything that goes on the classroom and outside. For an effective control teacher need to plan what what they aim to achieve, measure regularly what has been achieved, compare actual achievements with the plan, take collective measures to ensure that deviations do not take place, take action to improve performance.

However we have to remember that various process processes we need to follow to orderly and disciplined approach to the management by teachers of a variety of uncertain, unpredictable and changing situations.