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Principals = Killer HR Managers

So, anyone know what the definition of HRM is?

ANTICIPATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE (QUANTITY & QUALITY) INTO, WITHIN, AND OUT OF A FIRM - DuBrin & Ireland,1993

Though not always the case, majority of the employees of a school are female. Principals, depending on what region you're in can be either male or female.
The customers (i.e. the student) can be from a range of the troublesome toddlers to the temperamental teens.

So,

'Anticipating and providing for...' - Women (mostly), toddlers, and teens? That they sure do, and WOW! That's hard!

'...Movement of People (quantity & Quality)...' - Ever see a BIG school? Just imagine, aver students in a class 30. 1 Teacher per class. A few substitute teachers. Multiple sections for every grade. Wow, that's a lot of people. And lets face it, the world IS doing okay right? There's a range of mediocre people to geniuses living amongst us so there HAS to be some element of quality in every school (and the whole discussion of quality of education shall be saved for later when I have A LOT more time)

'Into, within, and out of a firm' - graduating and new students, staff coming and leaving, going form one class to another, the story continues...

Principals...well, HR Managers should be forced to spend some time running a school. If they can do that, they'll definitely be able to run any organization.

So, a round of applause for the good principals. Everyone thinks they're the badguy (and frankly, quite a few are), but they have a thankless job, and most put their heart and soul into it.

posted by Sarah @ 2:39 PM