Republic of the Philippines

State Universities and Colleges

GUIMARAS STATE COLLEGE - GRADUATE SCHOOL
McLain, Buenavista, Guimaras

GRADUATE SCHOOL
Master of Education Major in Educational Management (Non- Thesis)

REPORTER: PHOEBE KATE M. ASOY

SEMESTER: Summer SY: 2021-2022

COURSE: EDUC. 217- THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATIONAL

MANAGEMENT
TOPIC: MEANING OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

PROFESSOR: ANITA S. GUBALANE, PhD

Meaning of Educational Management:

The origin of the development of educational management as a field of study began in the United
States in the early part of the twentieth century. Development in the United Kingdom came as
late as the 1960’s. Educational management, as the name implies, operates in educational
organisations or institutions.
There is no single accepted definition of educational management as its development observed in
several disciplines or fields like business, industry, political science, economics, administration
and law. So while defining the meaning of the term educational management can be said that,
“Educational management is a complex human enterprise in which different resources are
brought together and made available to achieve and to accomplish the desire and expected goals
or objectives.
It is being mainly a human endeavor should be properly planned without emphasizing the rigid
application of mechanical and physical principles. It is fundamentally a social organisation
where inter human relationships must play a major role. For success of educational management,
there must be adequate freedom and flexibility on the one hand and necessary discipline and
decorum on the other hand in the educational institution.

What Is Educational Management?

Educational management, also sometimes known as educational administration, is commonly

associated with elementary and secondary schools as well as institutes of higher learning like
colleges and universities. Education management professionals can also be found working in
governmental agencies, private companies, and not-for-profit organizations. Those working in
educational management might develop education policy, conduct research, or consult to help
evaluate and develop ways to enrich and enhance the educational system at all levels. Most
educational management professionals have earned at least a master's degree and many are
licensed teachers or principals.
Educational management, the name implies, operates in the educational organizations. There is
no defining definition of educational management because its development has drawn heavily on
several disciplines like economics, political science and sociology. Most of the definitions of
educational management which have been offered by write are partial because they reflect the
particular sense of their authors. Definitions of Educational Management: "Educational
management is the theory and practice of the organization and administration of existing
educational establishments and systems." "Management implies an orderly way of thinking. It
describes in operator terms what is to be done, how it is to be done and how we know when have
done. Management is not a mystique. It is a method of operation. Go management should result
in an orderly integration of education and society "School management, as a body of educational
doctrines, comprises a number of principles and precepts relating primarily to the technique of
classroom procedure and derives largely from the practice of successful teachers. The writers in
the field have interpreted these principles and precepts in various ways, usually with reference to
longer and more fundamental principles of psychology, sociology and ethics."

Paul Monroe :
Thus educational management is a comprehensive effort dealing with the educational
practices. It is the dynamic side of education. It deals with educational institutions - right from
the schools and colleges to the secretariat. It is concerned with both human and material
resources. The human elements include: (i) Children, (ii) parents, (iii) teachers and (iv) other
employees in general - university of Board of Education at local, state and National levels of
Governments. On the material side there are (a) finance, (b) buildings and grounds, (c)
equipments and instructional supplies. Besides, there are ideas, laws and regulations and so on,
having a bearing on the educational process. The blending of these 'parts' into a 'whole' is
educational management.
Types of Educational Management:
1. Human Resources:
Human Resources of an educational institution comprise the entire staff, both the teaching and
non- teaching – teachers, clerks, researchers and other elements such as students, parents,
members of the community, members of the managing or governing body and departmental
officials. Management of human resources is of vital importance at present and calls for
selection, recruitment, appointment, hire, retention, development and motivation of the personnel
to achieve the educational objective.
The individuals involved in the process should be provided with adequate facilities for reaching
the highest levels of achievement and for improving the professional growth to the maximum. So
an educational institution or organisation in order to be effective and efficient has to ensure that
there are right type of people with the right skills, in the right place and at the right time for
carrying out the various jobs and services.
For this human resource needs are to be identified. Proper selection and recruitment are to be
made, demands and supply of services be properly matched and suitable forecasting be made
about the future requirements. There are problems of working conditions, promotion prospects,
appointment and transfer, motivation and security, career development and so on which have to
be handled with sympathy, understanding, fellow feeling and co-operation on the one hand and
proper sense of commitment and accountability and involvement on the other hand.

2. Physical and Material Resources:

For every organisation or institution, basic infrastructure in concrete terms is essential.
Buildings, playgrounds, equipment’s, furniture’s, machineries and stationeries are required for
various practical purposes. Libraries, laboratories, auditorium and so on are part and parcel of an
educational institution for organizing different curricular and co-curricular programmes.

3. Ideational Resources:
The resources which are mostly based on ideas and ideals, heritage, image are the curriculum,
methods of teaching, innovations and experiments. Like the individual, every organization has its
own personality with integrity, its own culture and its own values which are unique and
influential for the smooth functioning and effective management of the institutions for creating
motivation and self- pride among individuals.
All these create feelings, belongingness, involvement and self-satisfaction among the personnel
for working and implementing the programmes in educational institutions. At last it can be said
educational management will be meaningful if there will be a great deal of co-ordination and
inter relation among these three resources. The cause is that all these three resources are
interdependent and immensely contribute to holistic development of every educational institution
as a whole