The organisational show: a new conceptualisation to explain school ineffectiveness

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether organisational show is a cause of school ineffectiveness according to the views of school administrators and teachers. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with 12 teachers and 10 administrators working at different school levels in Turkey. Reducing tasks to taking photos, sharing on social media, appearing to maintain the physical order of the school, appearing to organise or participate in seminar programmes, preparing boards and exaggerated celebration of certain days and weeks are some of the tasks seen as a show. Some of the motivation sources of organisational show are: to appear in the photo, to give the impression of working hard, to protect the image of the school, to try to get an award, to receive pressure from higher units, to influence parents, to protect the position and to make advertisements to attract students to the school. Some of the concepts used to explain the ineffectiveness of the school are not serving the purpose, damaging the corporate culture, demotivating the administrators and wasting time.

Keywords

• Organisational show
• organisational ineffectiveness
• organisational image
• school principal
• teacher

Örgütsel şov: okul etkisizliğini açıklamak için yeni bir kavramsallaştırma

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, okul yöneticileri ve öğretmenlerin görüşlerine göre örgütsel gösterinin okul etkisizliğinin bir nedeni olup olmadığını araştırmaktır. Veriler, Türkiye'de farklı okul kademelerinde çalışan 12 öğretmen ve 10 idareci ile yüz yüze görüşmeler yoluyla toplanmıştır. Görevleri fotoğraf çekmeye, sosyal medyada paylaşmaya, okulun fiziksel düzenini sağlıyormuş gibi görünmeye, seminer programları düzenliyor veya katılıyormuş gibi görünmeye, panolar hazırlamaya ve belirli gün ve haftaları abartılı bir şekilde kutlamaya indirgemek, gösteri olarak görülen görevlerden bazılarıdır. Örgütsel gösterinin bazı motivasyon kaynakları şunlardır: Fotoğrafta görünmek, çok çalışıyormuş izlenimi vermek, okulun imajını korumak, ödül almaya çalışmak, üst birimlerden baskı görmek, velileri etkilemek, mevkiini korumak ve öğrencileri okula çekmek için reklam yapmak. Okulun etkisizliğini açıklamak için kullanılan kavramlardan bazıları ise amaca hizmet etmemek, kurum kültürünü zedelemek, yöneticileri demotive etmek ve zaman kaybıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Örgütsel şov
• örgütsel etkisizlik
• örgütsel imaj
• okul müdürü
• öğretmen

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