Strategic directioning in educational management in the institutions of the 21st Century

Abstract

Strategic planning seeks efficiency as its ultimate goal. Hence the importance of conceiving in an orderly and concrete way where a particular organization wants to go and what its key success factors are in order to trace the necessary efforts for its fulfillment, reflected in its strategic objectives. For this reason, management must be conceived as part of a whole system, a chain of related processes aimed at strengthening the organization and making it efficient. These premises take on greater relevance within the educational sector, as it has the responsibility of training the future generations of the country. In this context, strategic direction in educational management in 21st century institutions is explored, as a critical managerial need for the strategic planning of educational centers today. Under this framework, a critical-analytical documentary essay is presented, whose central purpose is focused on highlighting the importance of strategic planning when making managerial decisions for the proper functioning of any educational institution, having as its main category of analysis, the manager's role as leader and responsible for promoting an activity of this magnitude. As a main result, the study concludes that the role of leadership enables different managerial mechanisms to enable the management of the educational center and impact on student learning, as well as on the overall performance of the teaching body to carry out satisfactorily and efficiently. this teaching task. In conclusion, strengthening a propitious school climate, using leadership recognized and valued positively by the school group as a tool for action, ends up resulting in an indirect strategy to influence the improvement of student learning results and in teacher performance.