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    Republic of the Philippines

    WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY


    Pagadian Campus
    Pagadian City

    Name: JENIZEL B. ARCELLAS Date: January 28, 2023


    Course and Year: BEED II- GEN.ED Subject: PED 109

    Topic Outline: School as a Social Organization

    Introduction:
    Schools are important organizations that prepare our children for adult roles.
    Their working mechanism has a strong effect on the quality of education they
    provide. There are many theories that try to explain the nature of the school
    organizations. Among them, social systems theory has been one of the most
    realistic models for schools. Under the systems theory, it is best to examine
    some of the characteristics of schools including structure, culture, climate,
    leadership, decision-making, and the relationships among personnel (Bozkus,
    2014.)

    I. School
    • an institution for educating children.
    • normally associated with buildings, students, curriculum and
    instruction, teachers, and administration
    • considered as formal organizations after the World War II that are
    structured to accomplish organizational goals.

    II. Social systems


    • Talcott Parsons was the first formulator of Social Systems
    • Systems theory seeks to explain and develop hypotheses around
    characteristics that arise within complex systems that seemingly
    could not arise in any single system within the whole.
    • Social systems have three basic characteristics called the
    interdependence of the parts, their organization into some sort of
    whole, and the intrinsic presence of both individuals and
    institutions (Getzels, Lipham & Campbell, 1968)
    • Many researchers assert that social systems are peopled, goal-
    oriented, structural, normative, sanction bearing, political, and
    open systems.

    III. Characteristics of Schools


    1. Structure
    • As social systems, schools’ structures have characteristics of
    rational, natural, and open systems.
    • They have hierarchies of authority, goals, and role
    expectations like bureaucratic organizations.
    Republic of the Philippines
    WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
    Pagadian Campus
    Pagadian City

    • Individual needs affect employee behavior, organizational


    goals are not firm, informal organizations derive from
    interactions among individuals, and schools must interact with
    their environment.
    • The size or the population of the school also determines the
    structure of the school.

    2. Culture and Climate


    • Climate is about feelings and behavior, culture is more
    focused on values, beliefs, and assumptions underlying
    feelings and behavior (Kowalski, 2010).
    • The Culture of each school is determined by individual and
    collective beliefs and values.
    • Climate can be presented with a framework which consists of
    four elements: (1) Physical frame, (2) Social frame, (3)
    Structural frame, and (4) Symbolic frame.

    3. Leadership and Decision-making


    • The governance of Basic Education Act provided a way to
    enhance the system of leadership and decision-making
    process in the school.
    • The quality and systematic effects of functions and behaviors
    of principals and leaders is an important aspect of leadership
    in social systems of school (Bozkus, 2014).

    4. Relationships
    • Social organizations like schools are stemmed from interaction
    among people both within and outside of the organization.
    • Relationships within school building and with the community
    are essential elements of socialization and have a significant
    impact on many vital processes.
    • Compatibility of personality with organizational roles is so
    important that administrators must consider it from the
    beginning of staff relationships that is the recruitment.

    Conclusion
    Schools are different from profit organizations, for they produce public service
    instead of goods. Mechanistic views fail to focus on human relations side of
    educational settings. Therefore, it is more rational to think schools through the
    lens of social systems theory.

    Reference:
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266082312_School_as_a_Social_Syste
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