OKUL YÖNETİCİLERİNİN OKUL ORTAMINDA YAŞANAN ÖRGÜTSEL HATALARA YÖNELİK TAVIR ALIŞLARI

Öz

Örgütsel yaşamın bir gerçeği olan hata, amaçlardan, standartlardan ve birtakım değerlerden istenmeyen sapmalar olarak tanımlanabilir. Eğitim kurumlarının dinamikleri hataların yaşanılmasını kaçınılmaz kılmaktadır. Hataların etkili bir biçimde yönetilmesi, süreçte kayıpların önlenmesinde ve toplam riskin azaltılmasında oldukça önem taşımaktadır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, yönetici görüşlerine göre, okullarda örgütsel hatalara ilişkin mevcut durumu ortaya koymak ve okul yöneticilerinin başvurdukları hata yönetim tarzlarını belirlemektir. Araştırma grubunu Diyarbakır il merkezindeki 30 okul yöneticisi oluşturmaktadır. Yöneticilerin görüşleri, görüşme yöntemi aracılığı ile alınmıştır. Elde edilen veriler, nitel veri analizi tekniğinden yararlanarak çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma bulguları, okul yöneticilerinin örgütsel hataları genellikle kaçınılmaz gördüklerini; okullarda en çok bireysel kaynaklı hataların yaşandığını göstermektedir. Ulaşılan sonuçlar eşliğinde birtakım önerilere yer verilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Okullar,Okul yöneticileri,örgütsel hatalar,hata yönetimi

The Attitudes of the School Principals Towards the Organisational Failures in the School Environment

Abstract

Organizational failures which are the realities of organizational lives, can be defined as the unwanted deviations from the organizational goals, standards, and values. Due to the dynamics of the organizational lives, organizational failures are inevitable. The effective management of failures are important in order to ensure the prevention of the loses and lessen the total risks. The main aim of this research is to determine the current situation regarding the organizational failures at the educational institutions and the ways for handling failures. The research group comprises 30 school principals at the city center in Diyarbakır. The views of the principals were gathered via conducting interviews. The data were analyzed through qualitative analysis technique. Findings revealed that principals generally viewed organizational failures inevitable; and individual oriented failures were the most experienced ones. Some recommendations were made along with the obtained results

Keywords

• Schools,principals,organizational failures,management of failures.

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