The Headmaster as Administrator of the School Community

Abstract

A school is an organisation. As such it is worthy of study, as is the job of its senior administrator, since it is his task to make educational resources effective. The fundamental objectives of the organisation must be clearly understood; its organisational structure clearly thought out. Attention needs to be paid to delegation, which not only gets work done, but develops the people who do it; to co‐ordination, whose best springs are found in staff involvement; to control, where there is no substitute for personal observation; to communication, upon which not only efficiency but morale, depend; to assessment, which measures the extent of the achievement of fundamental objectives. When a teacher takes charge of a school, he becomes an administrator, which will involve his learning new basic lessons, especially in the task of plain, undelegatable leadership.

Citation

BROWN, M. (1964), "The Headmaster as Administrator of the School Community", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 2-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009575