The Syllabus and Prospectus of Professional Diploma in Educational Management (PDEM) course offered by Faculty of Education and Psychology of M. S. University of Baroda is as follows:

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EEA-4101 : MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATION: A SYSTEMIC VIEW

Course Objectives:
This course has been designed to enable the students to:
(a) gain a systemic view of management of education
(b) Aware of the various sub-systems operating within the Management dimension of Educational system
(c) Understand the crucial role of Managing the various Educational sub-systems;
(d) Critically examine and understand the issues related to policy-making, policy execution and policy
appraisal in education.

COURSE OUTLINE
UNIT-I The Educational System: A management view (15 hrs)
1. Educational System: Macro and Micro dimensions, Relationship with sub-system.
2. Management of Education- a systemic view
(a) Goals and Values
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The ideal nature of educational goals
Translation into specific objectives
(b) Technology-
Knowledge, Skills
Materials: Gadgets
(c ) Structure-
Collegual Vs Bureaucratic
Organic Vs Mechanistic
(d) Psycho-Social Dimensions
1) The Psychological Dimensions
2) The Sociological dynamics
UNIT-II The Crucial Managerial dimensions (15 hrs)
- Planning
- Co-ordinating
- Evaluating
- Organising
- Directing
- Monitoring
UNIT-III Role of Policy in the Management of Education (15 hrs)
1. Policy making
2. Policy execution
3. Policy appraisal
4. Relevant Educational Policies with specific reference to India. (Since 1947)
5. Some emerging issues (examples given below)
- Centre- State Relationship
- Centralization- Decentralization
- Control-Autonomy
- Accountability
- Role of Macro level Authorities in management of Education at each level.

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