Abstract
M.Ed. (Educational Management)
A regional office of the Department of Education and Training (DET),
is an organisation that has to be managed. The chief regional
director, as the senior official in the region, is responsible for
the effective management of the region in order for the DET to
fulfil its mission.
Like any organisation, in order to function properly, attention has
to be given to the management tasks, for example, planning,
organisation guidance, control, motivation, delegation,
communication, etc. It is the responsibility of the chief regional
director to ensure that these management tasks features at its
optimum in his region.
In order for the DET, however, to fulfil its mission on regional
level, strategic planning has to be done and strategic objectives
have to be set, which will be in line with the mission of the DET.
From these objectives strategic action plans have to be drawn up
which will lead to the setting of tactical plans and objectives with
its accompanying tactical action plans. These tactical action plans
will in turn, lead to operational plans, objectives and action plans
with the consequence that the mission of the DET will eventually
come to fulfilment in actions at operational level...