CASE STUDY: PART 3
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replies.docxRodney Morrison
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The organizational cycle of production at my school consists of planning, doing, checking and acting. We operate from this premise to ensure productivity and a continuum of constant improvements. Currently, the district is undergoing a great deal of transformation. The newly appointed superintendent, is pushing for change and addressing anything and everything that is being brought forward. That coupled with a new overall vision has made its way to leaders at their perspective schools.
What the organization brings to the realm of education is a culture of desired improvement. From the school leader to the bus driver, we want to provide top notch service to our students and community. Approximately 80%-85% of the staff share the same feelings. What leaves the building is based on the views and perceptions of others. Of the 80% of employees that enjoy what we are about, about 20% of the staff can feel and represent themselves and others in a varying light. The data compiled was taken from the teachers working condition survey. 80% buy in is great, but organizationally you want everyone on board. To recieve feedback is paramount. It can appear both negatively and positively, either way it is beneficial to moderate change, consistency, and success.
We do our best to avoid any form of entropy, by addressing issues at its core. If any decline or deficiency exists, we find ways to navigate around it or through it. Sometimes it gets absorbed and eventually diffuses itself or fizzles out. In the bigger scheme of things, our place and society belongs to the youth, it will be ultimately up to them in regards to societal and economic decision making. We operate in a very trendy society therefore the moment and time would surely have a heavy influence. As an organization we function congruently and fashion our approach depended upon the situation. Productive we must remain, maintenance is essential so to measure, adaptive is what we want our students to be, and the managerial and political landscape continues to be shaped by the current initiative of transformational change. Through the maximization principle behaviors towards commonalities in the organization flourish when the agenda applies to all inclusiveness. Economical, political and social trends will determine the environmental landscape and sectors. Overall the organizational success hinges upon those leaders that can see the pot holes in front of them, because their heads are up and not focused on the device.
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Amanda McCall
G2 Forum #2 (Module 3) A. McCall
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The weakness of my organization is that of fear and negative consequences by administration if we voice our true feelings or opinions about changes that need to be made in order to promote positive morale within our school. For example, when the staff was posed with a question from administration about what our idea of a utopian school looks like, staff members attempted to be honest with their responses. However, they were quickly quelled by administration for not backing up the predominant failing system. Questions outside my perception have been raised by district office personnel. District office liaisons have made attempts to interject based upon staff complaints about the harshness of the school’s administration. I perceive that notes and evidence are being accounted for and behaviors are being closely monitored.
The strength of my organization is that the vision of the school is that the students come first. The children are provided optimum learning experiences with the tools we have as educators through rigorous standards that meet the demands of our changing global society and perspective. Another strength of our organization is that most teachers genuinely care and provide a safe, nurturing environment for children to learn, grow, and thrive in their unique abilities. We foster life and career characteristics that meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate.
The school system is a complex, incomparable organization. It consists of many aspects that delve in learning experiences, appreciation for the arts, intellectual, and interpersonal needs. Funding, all realms of the community, emotional needs, technological advances, legality issues, and a whole plethora of other theoretical lenses are acutely observed. Navigating school life is not a matter of producing objects. It is a super organism in which the encouragement of students should foster the influence of life-long learning, healthy lifestyles, and impart responsibility and respectability in a global community.
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