MENADŽMENT U OBRAZOVANJU I ČINIOCI NJEGOVE EFIKASNOSTI
EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND ITS EFFICIENCY FACTORS

Summary/Abstract: Unlike determined activities, educational activity in school belongs to stochastic systems, in which success of basic management functions such as: performance management, planning, decision making, leadership, organizing, execution of decisions and control of decision implementation has a special meaning. In approach to identification and classification of educational management efficiency factors, a special significance of management style and personal characteristics is emphasised. Management style is manifested through relationship orientation and task orientation, as two determining management dimensions. By mixing of these two dimensions, four basic types of managers can be identified based upon their management style: isolated, open, integrator and devotee. Numerous researches have shown that certain inner manager characteristics significantly influence organizational climate, and among them are: authority, talent, experience and knowledge. Characteristics significant for manager’s success can be divided into three basic groups: characteristics related to the thinking ability, emotional ability and behaviour characteristics. Increasing number of authors emphasize importance of following four psychological traits for management success: emotional stability, extroversion, power of mental elaboration and achievement orientation. Importance of skill possession is specially emphasized among the inner characteristics. Apart from desirable inner qualities, research has also detected a large number of undesirable characteristics which adversely affect management efficiency.

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