Educational Management
(Credit-4)
Max. Marks: 100, External: 70, Pass Marks: 28, Sessional:30, Pass Marks:12
OBJECTIVES:
To enable the undergraduate students to:
1. Acquaint with basic theoretical understanding of educational planning management and
administration.
2. Develop necessary managerial, administrative and leadership skills.
3. Equip knowledge in quality management, institutional planning and educational
supervision.
4. Acquaint with educational finance and administrative machinery both at central and state
level with special reference to Assam.
COURSE CONTENTS
UNIT-1: BASIC CONCEPTS OF MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL
MANAGEMENT
- Meaning and Principles of Management (Henry Fayol)
- Meaning and nature of Educational Administration and Educational Management,
Management and Administration (Differences)
- Functions and Scope of Educational Administration and Management
- Characteristics of Educational Management
- Types of Educational Management (Centralised - Decentralised; Autocratic, Democratic
and Laissez Faire; Participatory Management)
UNIT-2: EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND LEADERSHIP SKILL
- Educational Institutions as Organisations-Nature and Characteristics
Organisational Climate (Classroom Climate)
- Meaning and Nature of Leadership
- Theories of Leadership (Fiedler’s Contingency Theory of Leadership)
- Styles of Leadership
- Educational Leadership and Development of Leadership Skill
UNIT-3: EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT AND
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Meaning and Nature, and Approaches of Educational Planning
- Institutional Planning - Meaning, Nature and Characteristics
- Management of Time Table, Curricular and Co-curricular Activities, School Plant
- Quality in Higher Education – Accreditation (Concept and Parameters)
- Total Quality Management (TQM)
UNIT-4: EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISION
- Meaning, Nature, Scope and Functions of Educational Supervision
- Inspection versus Supervision
- Planning Organising and Implementing Supervisory Programmes
- Importance of Supervision in Educational Organisation
- Qualities of an Educational Supervisor
UNIT-5: MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND MACHINERY OF
ADMINISTRATION
- Problems and Sources of Educational Finance
- Educational Expenditure and Budget
- Central Level Administration (UGC, NUEPA, NCERT)
- State Level Administration (SCERT, DIET)
- School Administration in Assam – Structure and Problems
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Aggarwal, J.C. (1967). Educational Administration, Management and Supervision
Arya Book Depot: New Delhi.
2. Ahuja, A.K (2007). Educational Management, Planning and Finance, Authors Press:
New Delhi.
3. Bhatnagar, R.P and Aggarwal, V (2001). Educational administration, Supervision
Planning and Financing, R. Lall Book Depot: Meerut, U.P.
4. Bhattacharya, S. (2012). Educational Management – Theory and Practice, EBH
Publishers: Guwahati, Assam.
5. Drucker, P.F. (1973). Management: Tasks, responsibilities and Practices, Harper and
Row: New York.
6. Gurung, Ananda, W.P. (1984) General Principles of Management for Educational
Planner and Administrators, Paris: UNESCO.
7. Kochhar, S.K. Secondary School Administration. Sterling Publishers: New Delhi.
8. Lunenburg, F.C. and Ornstein, A.C (2012). Educational Administration: Concepts
and Practices, Wadsworth Pub (6th edition): Belmont, California, USA.
9. Mohanty, Jaggannath Educational Administration, Supervision and School
Management,
Deep and Deep Publications: New Delhi.
10. Mukherjee, [Link] of Education in India Acharya Book Depot:Vadodara.
11. Mathur, S.S. Theory and Practice of Management: Education in India: Today and
Tomorrow, Vinod Pustak Mandir: Agra.
12. Naik, J.P. (1968). Educational Planning in India, Allied Publishers: Bombay.
13. NUEPA, (1986). Educational Management in India, NUEPA: New Delhi.
14. Premila, C.S. (1997).Educational Planning and Management, Sterling
Publishers: New Delhi.
15. Sharma, R.A. (2004). Educational Administration and Management, R.
Lall Book Depot: Meerut.
16. Singh, H.M. (Ed. 1995).Fundamentals of Educational Management, Vikas
Publishing House: New Delhi.
17. Stella, A, Gnanam (2003).Making the Most of Accreditation, Concept
Publishing Company (P) Ltd.: New Delhi.
18. Tanner, D. & Laurel, T. (1986). Supervision in Education: Problems and
Practices, Prentice Hall College Div.: New Jersey, USA.
19. Tilak, J.B.G. (1992). Educational Planning at Grassroots, Ashish Publishing
House: New Delhi.
20. Tony, B (1995).Theories of Educational Management, Paul Chapman
Publishing Ltd.: London, UK
