Theprinciplecanusethetheoryofbasicassumptionstounderstandtheemployees,andtomotiveaswellastoinductthem.Iftheworkersalwaysgetpositiveassumptionsfromthecampusenvironment,theymayoptimisticandwillingtocontribute,andviseversa.Theleadermayalsousethebasicassumptionstogetanalysisoftheinstitutionandworkers,thushelpdesigningthefuture.
◆Intelligence
In1904,AlfredBinetinventedamethodtoidentifythosechildreninschoolwhoneededspecialhelp.Therebyamethodcameouttotellpeople’sintelligence.TheresultofthistestingsystemiscalledIntelligenceQuotient,alsoknownasIQ.Theprinciplecanusetheintelligencedistinguishsystemtosortoutstudents,anddecidethecurriculum.Forexample,thestudentswhoareespeciallygiftedwithhighIQmayfindtheregularcurriculumtooeasy,thusbecomeimpatientandlackconcentrationonschoolwork.Onthecontrary,studentswhoaredisadvantagedintermsofintelligencemayfaceparticularchallengeandgetfrustrationfeelingwithoutspecifichelp.Ahigh-qualifiedleadershouldmakesurethestaffunderstandandareabletocaterforthedifferentneedsoftwoextremestudents.
Later,onthebasisofIQ,atermcalledEQwasdeveloped.Itreferstopeople’semotionalintelligence.BeingaGreatLeaderRequiresEmotionalIntelligence.
◆HumanCapital
Humanresourcesarepreciousassetsofaninstitution.Itseemshardtopredicthumancapitalsometimes,becausehumanbeingsarechangeable,easytobeaffectedbymanyexternalorinternalfactors.However,usingsomespecificpsychologicalprinciplesconcerninghumanresources,canfacilitatetheprincipletotrain,motivate,andevaluatethestaff.
Employmentcanbedifficult,andanyerrormayturntobetroublesomeandcostly.Thesubsequentprocessisnoteasier.Thatiswhythehumanresourcesmanagementhasbecomeacriticalelementtooperateasuccessfulschool.Humanresourcesadministratorsmustworknotonlytorecruittheproperstaff,butalsopromoteaschool’senvironment.
◆LearningOrganization
Stayingcompetitiveintoday’seconomyisessentialtoanyorganization.Schoolorganizationsalsomustbenimbleandagiletosurvive.Thatrequiresdevelopingincreasedabilitytosense,evenpredict,theproblemsposedbytheirenvironmentsandinventsolutionstothem.Thisispartoftheconceptofthelearningorganization:anorganization,learnstonimblyadapttounfoldingchangesintheenvironment.Itisalsocalledorganizationdevelopment.
Inalearningorganization,theworkerscontinuallyenhancetheircapabilitiestocreatewhattheywanttocreate.Organizationsarespendingmoretimeandfeetoinsuretheemployeesupdatedtothestate-of-artknowledge,thankstothequickdevelopmentoftechnology.Itisreasonabletopredictthatinthefuture,continuouslearningcapacitywouldbecrucialtorecruit.Thejobseekermayhardlytobehiredwithoutpresentingexcellentlearningability.
◆ContingencyView
Thecontingencyviewholdsthatthereisnoonebestwayofmanagingunderallconditions,butthatthereareoptimalwaysofmanagingconflictundercertainconditions.Therearesituational-contingentfactorsthataffectaleader'sabilitytolead.Theeffectivenessofworkersdependsonhowgoodamatchexistsbetweentheleadershipstyleoftheleaderandthedemandsofthesituation.
Theleaders,whocanactuallyexertcontroloverthestaff,excellentlygettaskinvolved,andsuccessfullyacceptedbythesubordinates,aremorelikelytoleadtheschoolintoabrightfuture.Theprinciplewhoholdsacontingencyview,maygivedifferentinductionstodifferentnewteachers,accordingtotheirdiversepersonalities.
◆Likert’sfoursystems
System1:exploitive-authoritative(orpunitive-authoritarian),theleaderhasalowconcernforpeopleandusessuchmethodsasthreatsandotherfear-basedmethodstoachieveconformance.;System2:benevolent-authoritative(orpaternalistic-authoritarian),theresponsibilityliesatthemanageriallevelsbutnotatthelowerlevelsoftheorganizationalhierarchy;System3:consultativesystem,thesuperiorhassubstantialbutnotcomplete,trustandconfidenceinhissubordinates;4:theparticipative(orgroupinteractive)modelofanorganizationalsystem,superiorshavecompleteconfidenceintheirsubordinates,andmotivationisbyeconomicrewardsbasedongoalswhichhavebeensetinparticipation.
Lowerthenumber,thesystemismorelikelytobeoperatedbasedontheoryX.Higherthenumberis,thesystemismorelikelytobeoperatedbasedontheoryY.
Theleaderinexploitive-authoritativeconcernlittleforpeople,andpreferstousefear-basedmethodssuchasthreatstoachieveconformance.Thismanagementmethodcanbeeffective.However,itcanalsostiflepeople’screativity,whichisthemostpreciousvalueofhumancapital.Ipredictinfuture,themostsuccessfulschools’leadersshouldpreferparticipativestyle,ratherthanopposite.