University of Southeastern Philippines

College of Teacher Education and Technology

Advanced School Division

Lesson 4: Basics of Management

Introduction.
In this lesson, you will be able to learn management skills that are useful in
addressing challenges of your school curriculum. Likewise this lesson helps you
realize that there is so little time, and so much to do (Wolfer and Stuart, 1971) as
you manage a curriculum in your school. This is only true if you surely understand
your complex roles as a curriculum manager.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you are able to:
 Explain in what ways are the tasks of a curriculum manager similar
or different to the roles of an instructional leader.
 Cite main challenges in curriculum management

Let’s get started.

1. Describe in your own words the role of a school manager.

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Let’s think about it!

1. As a teacher/school head, what are your common practices in implementing
school curriculum? Do you think your practices follow curriculum management?
Why?
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Let’s explore!

What is the meaning of management? According to Aquino (2008) as cited

by Hiponia (2011), there are already several definitions of management, however,
all these definitions share common elements, such as: goals or purposes to be
established and eventually attained; the development of strategies and
techniques to achieve the goals; the marshalling of resources 9human and
material:; the design, organization, direction, coordination, and control of the
activities, and the motivating and rewarding of people to do the work. The
managerial tasks therefore is consistent of: (1.) managing work and organization;
(2) managing people; and (3) managing productions and operations.

Six Basics of Management

Miller (1981); Aquino (2008); Hiponia (2011) described six basics of
management which can serve as practical guidelines even in school
management. These basics of management are as follows:

Guideline 1. Managers are responsible for the management system adopted by

their company as well as from the operating results obtained through that system.

Guideline 2. Understanding the difference between operating and managing

enables a manager to strive for an optimum balance these two separate kinds of
work.

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Guideline 3. Managers achieve most effective results when they give top priority
to management work.

Guideline 4. A manager tend to achieve optimum coordination when he or she

thinks through management responsibilities on both horizontal and vertical bases.

Guideline 5. To preserve the competitive edge, managerial effort must aim at

releasing the untapped creativity and initiative in people.

Guideline 6. The criteria for evaluating managerial performance must be adjusted

to reflect the specific stage of growth and development of an enterprise.

The Tasks of a Manager

Based on the guidelines as written by Miller (1981), the tasks of a manager,
therefore, include:

Planning. Forecasting, setting objectives, developing strategies, programming,

budgeting, setting procedures, determining policies.

Organizing. Establishing the organization structure, delineating relationships,

cresting position descriptions, establishing position qualifications.
Staffing. Selecting, orienting, training, developing.

Directing. Delegating, motivating, coordinating, managing differences,

managing change.

Controlling. Establishing a reporting system, developing performance standards,

measuring results, taking corrective action, rewarding performance.

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Making decisions. Collecting facts, specifying problems, setting goals, generating
alternatives, evaluating consequences, selecting a course and implementing.

Communicating. Transmitting messages, testing reception, clarifying messages,

checking feedback. (Aquino, 2008).

Let’s do it!
Reflect and answer the following questions.

1. In what ways are the tasks of a curriculum manager similar or different to the
role of an instructional leader?
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2. What do you think are the main challenges in curriculum management? Why?
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3. In this particular lesson, what is your most significant learning regarding the tasks
of a manger?
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Closure!
Congratulations! You have already learned basics of management.
You are now prepared to move to another lesson, motivating for
curriculum. Have fun learning ahead!

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