Theme 12 Psychological features of management of the teacher

Expand the topic psychological features of management of the teacher The Psychology of Management, by L. M. Gilbreth, Ph.D.Value of Psychology. — First of all, then, what is there in the subject of psychology to demandthe attention of the manager?

Psychology, in the popular phrase, is "the study of the mind." It has for years been included in thetraining of all teachers, and has been one of the first steps for the student of philosophy; but it hasnot, usually, been included among the studies of the young scientific or engineering student, or ofany students in other lines than Philosophy and Education. This, not because its value as a"culture subject" was not understood, but because the course of the average student is socrowded with technical preparation necessary to his life work, and because the practical value ofpsychology has not been recognized. It is well recognized that the teacher must understand theworking of the mind in order best to impart his information in that way that will enable the studentto grasp it most readily. It was not recognized that every man going out into the world needs allthe knowledge that he can get as to the working of the human mind in order not only to give but toreceive information with the least waste and expenditure of energy, nor was it recognized that inthe industrial, as well as the academic world, almost every man is a teacher.Value of Management.

— The second question demanding attention is; — Of what value is thestudy of management?The study of management has been omitted from the student’s training until comparativelyrecently, for a very different reason than was psychology. It was never doubted that a knowledgeof management would be of great value to anyone and everyone, and many were the queerschemes for obtaining that knowledge after graduation. It was doubted that management could bestudied otherwise than by observation and practice. 1 Few teachers, if any, believed in theexistence, or possibility, of a teaching science of management. Management was assumed bymany to be an art, by even more it was thought to be a divinely bestowed gift or talent, rather thanan acquired accomplishment. It was common belief that one could learn to manage only by goingout on the work and watching other managers, or by trying to manage, and not by studying aboutmanagement in a class room or in a text book; that watching a good manager might help one, butno one could hope really to succeed who had not "the knack born in him."With the advent of "Scientific Management," and its demonstration that the best management isfounded on laws that have been determined, and can be taught, the study of management in theclass room as well as on the work became possible and actual. 2Value of Psychology of Management. — Third, we must consider the value of the study of thepsychology of management. 3This question, like the one that precedes it, is answered by Scientific Management. It hasdemonstrated that the emphasis in successful management lies on the man, not on the work; thatefficiency is best secured by placing the emphasis on the man, and modifying the equipment,materials and methods to make the most of the man. It has, further, recognized that the man’smind is a controlling factor in his efficiency, and has, by teaching, enabled the man to make themost of his powers. 4 In order to understand this teaching element that is such a large part ofmanagement, a knowledge of psychology is imperative; and this

study of psychology, as it appliesto the work of the manager or the managed, is exactly what the "psychology of management" is.

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1. http://www.slideshare.net/sridhar252/the-psychologyofmanagementbylillianmollergilbreth

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