While the South African Schools Act states that governing bodies are ultimately responsible for managing and controlling schools, it also states that principals – who are members of SGBs – are not solely accountable to the SGBs but also to their employer, the education department. In order to reduce conflictsContinue Reading
Any organisation that provides services, or has inputs and outputs, or operational activities that require daily attention should have the ability and capacity to manage these functions in line with Fayol’s division of labour (Fayol, 1935). While the management function is distinct from the leadership function, there is often anContinue Reading
In order for organisations to thrive, to grow and succeed in their mission, it is done under the guidance of a leader that has a number of specific qualities. The opposite is also true, that when these specific qualities are not present in the leader, that organisations do not thrive,Continue Reading