B.Ed. (Full Time) Educational Management Syllabus - Mumbai University

Module 1: Fundamentals of Educational Management 2 credits

Unit 1: Concept of Educational Management

• a) Educational Management - Meaning, Objectives and Importance
• b) Principles of Management by Henry Fayol and Its Application to Educational Management
• c) Concept of Systems Thinking and Systems Approach to Educational management

Unit 2: Educational Institution – Organisational perspective

• a) Concept of Organisational Culture and Organisational Climate and difference between Organisational Culture and Organisational Climate
• b) Functions of Management - Planning, Organising, Staffing, Directing and Controlling (with respect to Educational Institution – Meaning and Importance)
• c) Peter Senge’s Model of Learning Organisation

Unit 3: Organizational Management

• a) Quality Management: Concept, Process and Indicators.
• b) Human Resource Management – Meaning, Need and Process.
• c) Change Management – Meaning, Need and Process

Module 2: Resource Management and Administration 2 credits

Unit 4: Human Resource Management

• a) Concept and Functions of Leadership
• b) Leadership Styles: Transformational Leadership, Situational Leadership, Team Leadership (Meaning, Characteristics, Merits and Demerits)
• c) Leadership Skills: Grievance Management (Meaning and Need) Decision Making (Meaning and process) Crisis Management (Meaning and Need)

Unit 5: Educational Administration

• a) Time Table: Importance, Types and Principles of Timetable Construction
• b) Staff Meeting: Need, Types and Process c)Absenteeism – Causes and Measures (Staff and Students), Secondary School Code – Importance and Characteristics

Unit 6: Educational Administration in India

• a) Educational Administrative set-up in India
• b) Characteristics of state, national and international systems of education – SSC, ICSE, CBSE, IB, IGCSE Boards of Education.
• c) Different governing bodies in Education – Functions of NCERT, MSCERT

Module 3: Internal Assessment 2 credits

• Any two of the following tasks:
• a) Prepare a report on any school activity, keeping in mind five functions of Management
• b) Critically analyze the time-table of your internship school based on the principles of time-table framing.
• c) Interview two class teachers of your internship school and a supervisor of the school and make a report on the measures taken to handle absenteeism among students.
• d) Plan a strategy as a teacher, to think of a crisis situation and prepare a plan of action for the same.
• e) Analyse any one Leadership style and present a report on an eminent personality possessing the Leadership style.
• f) Prepare an Action plan as a leadership skill in taking decision to solve a problem.

References

• David A. DeCENZO and Stephen P. Robbins, Personnel/Human Resource Management
• Third Edition, Prentice Hall of India Pvt.Lts 1993 for Unit I and II
• O.Jeff Harris, PH.D Sandra J. Hartman Ph.D, Organizational Behaviour, Jaico Publishing House. Unit I and II
• L.M.Prasad, Principles and Practice of Management, Sultan Chand and Sons, Unit I and II
• Udai Pareek, Making Organizational Roles Effective, Tata Mc-Graw- Hill Publishing Company Limited, Unit I and II
• Rustam S. Davar, Creative Leadership, UBS Pub Distributors Ltd, Unit III - Leadership
• Anthony A.D, Leaders for Today Hope for Tomorrow Empowering and Empowered Leadership, Pauline Publications, Unit III -Leadership
• Anthony A.D, Leardership A trilogy on leadership and effective management, Better Yourself Book, Unit III -Leadership
• John Adair, The Action Centred leader, Jaico Publishing House, Unit III -Leadership
• J.M. Juran, Juran on Leadership for Quality An Excellent Handbook, The Free Press, Unit III –Leadership
• Lisa Hadfield-Law, Train your team yourself, Jaico Publishign House, Skills
• Alison HardinghamandJenny Royal, Teamwork in Practice (Pulling together), Jaico Publishing House, Skills
• Helga Drummond, Effective Decision Making A Practical Guide for Management, Wheeler Publishing, Skills
• https://www.toolshero.com/management/14-principles-of-management/
• https://managementinnovations.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/henri-fayols-14- principles-of-management/
• http://www.managementstudyguide.com/management_functions.htm
• www.managementstudyguide.com/importance-of-quality-management.htm
• www.managementstudyguide.com/human-resource-management.htm
• http://www.managementstudyguide.com/crisis-management.htm
• www.management4all.org/2013/06/leadership-role-concept-function.html
• www.yourarticlelibrary.com/leadership/leadership-meaning...and-functions/53325/