Management Team Of Educational Organization: Definition, Essential Features, Development Incentives

Abstract

The paper presents intermediate results of the ongoing study devoted to the development of managerial staff and management teams of educational organizations. The authors confirm the need to create management teams being key subject of efficient management of any educational organization. The paper also provides the definition of the ‘management team of an educational organization’, which is understood as the administrative group formed by the head of the educational organization. Such group generally consists of deputy heads, heads of structural divisions and other experts in compliance with staff schedule with an overall objective to ensure the most efficient management of the educational organization. Essential features of a management team are highlighted and justified: 1) single team mission and objectives; 2) leadership skills of a principal in managing a team; 3) team personified approach to professional development of the management team members; 4) cohesion and constructive cooperation of complementary team members; 5) individual and team battery limits for management results; 6) established criteria and team performance indicators. The study analyzes possibilities of management team development incentives. It also describes the certification mechanism of management teams of educational organizations designed to motivate managerial staff for team approach to management. General scientific methods were used within the given study: systematic, historical and logical approaches, abstract-theoretical and comparative methods; special methods of study: sociological (records review, observations, survey, questionnaires, best management practices, method of expert evaluation) and statistical methods.