An organizational development program in the preschool educational institution

Abstract

This study performs a detailed analysis of the educational institution in terms of curriculum and school life, human resources and financial and material resources. The research involved all unit employees, teachers and support staff and also parents of enrolled children. SWOT method is used in order to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the organization. By processing the information obtained from surveys concerning job satisfaction and organizational communication and parents questionnaires on kindergarten-family partnership, an organizational development program has been developed. Organizational development program involves intervention in three main areas: promoting the image of the kindergarten in the community, developing educational partnerships and training of human resources. In order to develop human resources is very important how the training is made to be effective, the objective being to improve individual, team and organization performance, to help develop a positive culture of the organization, to contribute to change management, by providing knowledge and skills necessary to cope with new situations. The future of educational organizations and its success depends to a large extent on the existence of these organizational development programs and in particular on the involvement of leaders in organizational development.