TY - JOUR AU - Nikolova Koleva, Lidia PY - 2018/12/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - QUALITIES AND STYLE OF THE PRINCIPAL OF SECONDARY SCHOOL (SS) JF - KNOWLEDGE - International Journal JA - kij VL - 28 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.35120/kij28031159L UR - https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/2870 SP - 1159 - 1161 AB - <p>The quality and style of the Principal of secondary schools is of great importance for the effectiveness of school management. A number of studies have shown that school management is second only to teaching in the classroom in respect to the impact on student education. The knowledge, abilities and competence of the principal are crucial to establishing schools that promote quality teaching and learning by all students.<br>Different researches have shown that effective school leaders influence achievements of the pupils by influencing other people or organizational elements and impacting on school processes. This requires specific qualities and style.<br>Director of secondary schools manage every day with different situations as a part of his management and this makes his work very dynamic and challenging. Eventually, we can summarize that managing impact is ultimately a synthetic concept.<br>It includes the management culture, style, the complex of personal qualities, the specificity of the system in which it operates, the organizational structure, the specificity of the impact of the regulatory mechanisms and many others.<br>There are also a number of important factors influencing management impact - such as the level of the management body, the level of organization of the internal environment, the degree of uncertainty of the external environment, etc.<br>The optimal version of the educational institutions in such a way that each decision is linked to the final outcome of the school activities. This fact affects effectiveness as well as satisfaction of the staff needs. This would achieve a unity between the objectives of the school and the aims of the individual individuals working in it. In order to carry out his/her various professional tasks, the Principal of an educational institution enters a variety of interactions. It has been proven that the personality of the Principal influences significantly the establishment and maintenance of the organizational climate in the school.<br>The management style of the director is very important for the effectiveness of school management. In a study on the dominant style characteristic according to the principals’ self-assessment, priority is given to the fulfillment of the tasks, the direction of the changes and the solving of the problems of the people.</p> ER -