The Changing Dimension of Educational Management

In South Africa at present, there exists a number of schools with excellent facilities producing very positive academic outcomes. At the same time, there are also a number of schools that are patently dysfunctional, employ very poor academic practices and achieve very poor academic results. These disparities occur as a result of inadequate resources. Financial resources allow learners to fully participate in their education. Entrepreneurship as a concept has the ability to make a significant contribution to the way in which a school s resources are raised and managed. This book reports on the outcomes from a study designed to explore the perceptions of educators regarding the school leader s role as an entrepreneur in schools. Analysis of the data collected revealed that current school leaders do in fact have the attitudes and abilities common in entrepreneurs, which implies that potentially they are able to engage in entrepreneurial activities, however, this is not converted into a reality. In keeping with the findings, the recommendations proposed in this book should be especially useful to all educational managers and leaders in education.