A systems approach to school management emphasizes the interconnectedness of various parts within an educational organization, aiming for a cohesive operation towards common goals. This approach integrates principles like effectiveness, efficiency, dependability, and flexibility to ensure optimal performance.
Management tool that allows individuals to examine all aspects of the organization, to interrelate the effects of one set of decisions to another and to optimally use all the resources at hand to solve the problem
SUBSYSTEMS OF AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
MANAGERIAL SUBSYSTEM
STRUCTURAL SUB SYSTEM
SOCIAL SUBSYSTEM
TECHINCAL SUBSYSTEM
IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEM APPROACH FOR EDUCATION
In improving the teacher training programmes- in-service as well as pre service
In improving quality of education
Designing, controlling and improving non-formal and adult education system
Maintaining, controlling and improving the guidance services
Helps in improving examination and evaluation system
Maximum utilization of resources
Helps in systematic educational planning
Helps in bringing efficiency in school administration and management
Helps in improving institution
Helps the manager to identify the critical sub systems and their interaction with each other
Helps to look at institution as a whole and not as parts.
Provides a unified focus to institutional efforts.
Institution is viewed as an adaptive system
Throws light on dynamic nature of management
Provides framework for planning, decision making control and problem solving
SYSTEMS APPROACH IN SCHOOL SETTINGS
SCHOOL OUTPUTS
SCHOOL PROCESSES
SCHOOL INPUTS
CHARACERISTICS OF A GOOD SYSTEM
Acceptability
Flexibility
Dependability
Efficiency
Effectiveness
TYPES OF SYSTEM
OPEN SYSTEMS
CLOSED SYSTEMS
CHARACTERISTCS OF A SYSTEM
The output of one system becomes input for the other system and the chain continues.
In order to achieve dynamic equilibrium, a system must have feedback (informational input) to indicate that they system us at least going steady and not in the danger of gradual destruction
The whole system is greater than its parts
Members of an institution possess multiple memberships
A system is separated by boundaries from its environment which absorb from external environment
Open systems receive inputs from the environment and so there is no entropy
Closed systems are subject to entropy- the tendency to run down
A system may be either closed or open
All systems as a rule have subsystems and are also a part of supra system
Larger system called as SUPRA SYSTEM each part
DEFINITION OF SYSTEM
A set of interrelated parts which though separate have a common purpose towards which they work
Subtopic
Chester Barnard was one who applied systems approach to management
Approach by: Ludwig Von Bertalanffy (General System Theory)
