MANAGERIAL SKILLS IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Management of the educational process cannot be considered as an area in which it is possible to apply unambiguously managerial methods dedicated to the corporate sphere. Pedagogues (i.e. professionals in their area of interest, not professional managers) therefore become, in the overwhelming majority of cases, headmasters and head officers of schools. However, headmasters' responsibilities for the successful management of education, if compared with those in the corporate sphere, are of equal value. An extensive research survey carried out within the Czech Republic is dealing with a complex view of managerial approaches, skills, as well as consequences resulting out of them. The goal of this survey is to monitor and evaluate current situation with the usage of questionnaires. The following three research questions have been formulated in this article: what style of management is predominantly used, what roles headmasters perceive and what control mechanisms they use (in connection with their individual roles). Output of this article can be defined as results for the research questions and recommendations for improving the managerial process in the area of education.