THE SOCIAL SUBSYSTEM INSIDE THE SCHOOLSYSTEM

Eloisa R. AndaPhD. Ed M Student

In the School System there exist formal Social Structures which consist mainly of the

communications and social interactions among the administrators, faculty and students.

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WHAT IS ORGANIZING? Organizing

Arranging the activities of the enterprise in such a way that they systematically contribute to the enterprise’s goals.

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DEPICTING THE ORGANIZATION Organization Chart

A chart that shows the structure of the organization including the title of each manager’s position and, by means of connecting lines, who is accountable to whom and who has authority for each area. G.Dessler, 2003

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ORGANIZATION CHARTIn form ation S e rvices G roup

C a ta log er

C a ta log er

C u sto m e r L ia ison

T a xo n om y D es ign er

K n ow le dg e A rch ite ctu re Le ad

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D ev e lo per

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S e arc h /S ys te m s Le ad

A s sis tan t De s ign er

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A social structure is a network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human behavior. A status is a socially defined position, while a role is the behavior associated with a status.

• Ascribed status is assigned according to qualities beyond a person’s control, such as age.

• Achieved status is acquired through a person’s direct efforts, such as education.

Ascribed and Achieved Statuses

Status

• Most people have many statuses, but a master status is the one that plays the greatest role in a person’s life.

• It can be either ascribed or achieved.

Master Status

Most of the formal structures are defined in the corporation papers or charter of the school system, administrative statutes, faculty handbook and student handbook as they contains the do’s and don’ts for the persons involved in the school system

Organizational Structures- Determine the hierarchy of the communication and

social interaction within the school

system.

The rule to apply here will be different according to whether the school system is public or private.

If it is public, Whether it is a state college or university or a public school.

If it is private,whether it is a stock corporation, a non- stock corporation or a foundation.

Organizational structure may also include the relationship of the school system with the parents-teachers association, student government, faculty club or labor union.

Social structures regulate the communications and social interaction of the administration with reference to other administrators, faculty members and students.

They also regulates the communications and social interactions of the students with reference to administrators faculty and other students

INFORMAL SOCIAL STRUCTURES The relationship among faculty

members with a doctorate degree, masters degree or bachelor’s degree;

The relationship between male or female faculty member;

The relationship among faculty members in the colleges of Engineering and of Human Sciences;

The relationship between religious and lay faculty member;

The relation between full-time and part-time teachers;

The relation between faculty members belonging to and not belonging to the administration; or

The relation between old faculty members and new faculty members.

WALTER SAYS:As a social organism, the school shows

an organismic interdependence of its parts;it is not possible to affect a part of it without affecting the whole. As a social organism the school display a differentiation of parts and specialization of function. The organism as an entirely is nourished by the community.

Basic assumption:A social human being is a reacting

part of the social school system. Self elicited activity is rare and asocial.

This assumption is derived from the interdependence between the individual and other. Society exerts a marked influence upon the individual.

The importance of this influence is such that the individual becomes an interdependent part of a system of human interaction, rather than a separate and completely unique individual in the schoolsystem

SCHOOL The two most important groups : A. teacher-group B. pupils-group

each of which has its own moral and ethical code as well as its customary attitudes towards members of the other group

SCHEME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS ARISING IN THE SCHOOL AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM

COMMUNITY-SCHOOL RELATIONSHIP Relation of the community to

school in general( mediated through tradition and the political order of the community)

Relation of the community to students individually and in groups;

The parental relation and the general relation of the elders of the community to the young;

Relation of the community to teacher Relation of special groups in the

community to the school; ( the school board, parents-teacher clubs, alumni association, self-constituted advisort group, etc.)

Relation of special individuals in the community to the school (patrons, ex-teacher, patriarchs, hangers-on, etc)

PUPILS-TO-PUPILS RELATIONS AS NOT AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OF TEACHER

The pupils-to-pupils relationship.

The pupils-to-pupils group relationship.

The pupils- group to-pupils group relationship.

TEACHER-PUPILS RELATIONSHIP( ALSO INCLUDING PUPIL-TO-PUPILS RELATIONSHIP AS AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OF TEACHERS) Teacher-to pupil relationship (the

customary classroom situation) Teacher-to pupil relationship Pupil-to-pupil relationship as affected

by th presence of the teacher.

TEACHER-TO-TEACHER REALATIONSHIP Relations of a teacher to another

teacher. Teacher to teacher relationship as not

affected by the presence of students. Teacher-to-teacher relationship as

affected by the presence of students. Relation of teacher to teacher groups. Relation of teacher group to teacher

group. Relation of teaching force to

administrative officer.

Administrator to administrator relationship

Administrator to teacher relationship

Administrator to students relationship

ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE SCHOOL, THE FLOW OF AUTHORITY CAN BE TWO-FOLD:

1. Either from above School boardadministrationfacultystudents.

2. or from below as administrator practiced in higher faculty education in studentsLatin America

CONCLUSIONIn the social aspect, the school must

consider the socio-economic mobility of the graduates that they would be able to move to a higher status to lessen the social problems in the community, and minimize social and discriminating social stratification in the community.

REFERENCES: Zwaennepoel, Paul P. (1997), System

Analysis in Education. Manila: UST Press.

Systems Analysis in Educational Management Module

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