system approach to education(paper-1) by bhawna kukreja

SYSTEM APPROACH TO EDUCATION

SYSTEM APPROACH

Systems approach is a management tool that allows individuals to examine all aspects of the organization, to interrelate the effects of one set of decisions to another and to optimally use all the resources at hand to solve the problem.

SUB SYSTEM

• ·         Technical subsystem : Includes task activities , skills, techniques, strategies , methodologies, knowledge etc. required to perform the job.
• ·         Social subsystem : consist of individual and their mutual social interaction. includes status, group norms and  values. Greatly influences the behaviour of members of an institution.
• ·        Structural subsystem : implies the interrelationships among people designed formally to accomplish coordination among them.It also includes physical setting or the environment in which work has to be done.
• ·         Managerial subsystem : Uses processes like review, control, direct and evaluation. Takes corrective actions on the basis of the feedback received.

IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEM APPROACH

Ø Framework for planning, decision making control Ø and problem solving. Ø Throws light on dynamic nature of management. Ø Provides a unified focus to institutional efforts. Ø Helps to look at institution as a whole and not as Ø parts. Ø Helps the manager to identify the critical sub Ø systems and their interaction with each other. Ø  Helps in improving institution. Ø Helps in bringing efficiency in school administration and Ø management. Ø  Helps in systematic educational planning. Ø Maximum utilization of resources. Ø  Helps in improving examination and evaluation system. Ø  Maintaining, controlling and improving the guidance Ø services. Ø Designing, controlling and improving non-formal and adult Ø education system. Ø  In improving quality of education. Ø  In improving the teacher t raining programmes- in –service Ø as well as pre – service.