Week-9: School Organization and Human Relations / Interpersonal relations

A discipline within resource management which addresses interpersonal behaviors. Factors that are considered include leadership; communication; team building; and negotiation, facilitation and mediation abilities. The concept of Human Relations is generally defined as the capacity to interact and work well with other people individuals. It looks at social dynamics at both the individual and group level and tackles how they can complement each other to work effectively. There are numerous problems and challenges when it comes to conflicts within human relations, which factor in a range of dynamics and individual criteria. However some major issues which are common to most situations are:
1. Self esteem
2. Mutual respect
3. Group Dynamics
4. Communication skills
5. Motivation
Most problems that may occur can be traced back to the lack of any one or a combination of the above skills or positive situation.
Human relationship is an interpersonal relationship and association between two or more people that may range from fleeting to enduring. Human relationships are formed on different circumstances; it could be cultural, social family, friendship, work and social groups. Leadership and human relation go side by side, you cannot choose between them, and you have to choose them altogether.
Relationships involve some level of interdependence between two parties and people in a relationship tend to influence each other by different means; share their thoughts and feelings, and engage in activities together with trust.
Educational leadership depends on human relation, it all about relationship at every level, Relationship with teaching staff, administrative staff and students. Without good relation with teacher it is impossible for a leader to achieve good academic result. Without the help of administrative staff and teachers it is almost impossible to run a school in proper order, teachers are the soul of a school and without the help of them the school would be a chaos. Therefore good relations between leader and his school teachers are very important for the improvement of school and the over-all performance of teachers.

Relation between Headmaster-teacher:
Leadership is all about relationship, there is a good leader behind every successful task, and tool of every successful leader is good human relationship. A leader inspires other with his character and earned the trust with whom he interact. He gives respect to his staff members and treats them like a family. He knows the problems of staff members and helps them at the time of crisis.
Teacher-student Relation:
Teacher student relationship is also very important. A good relation between them will lead the school to better performance and academic achievements, which will be success on the part of leader, therefore it is the responsibility of a leader to provide them better environment where teacher and students could develop better relationship. Get together from time to time and tour of teachers and students outside the school. Arrange co-curricular activities in the school where teacher and student both participate.
Teacher-Parent Relation:
Teacher parent relationship is vital to achieve better academic results and enhance the performance of students. Because the students spend more time at home then at school, so it is important for a teacher to guide the parents about the strengths and weaknesses of their child. So it is the responsibility of a leader to organize teacher-parent meetings on regular basis to develop better relationship between them.

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