The Management of Integrated Educational Environment Resources: the factors to be considered

• Published in: European journal of education Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 345 - 361
• Main Author: STUKALINA, YULIA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2010; Blackwell Publishing; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Administrative Principles; Capital; Diversity; Education management organizations; Educational Administration; Educational Environment; educational management; Educational programmes; Educational publishing; Educational Quality; Educational Resources; Environmental education; Environmental management; Higher education; Intellectual capital; Knowledge management; Learning; model of managing the educational environment resources (MMEER); Motivation; Organizational Effectiveness; quality improvement; Quality of education; Resource Allocation; School environment; Stress; Student Motivation; Systems Approach
• ISSN: 0141-8211; 1465-3435
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2010.01433.x

Today, as educational organisations have become large and complex systems, education managers play a greater role in developing the most efficient educational environment. This article analyses the strategic background for educational management in relation to creating a constructive educational environment aimed at supporting a sustainable learning process. It also attempts to describe the diversity of resources that the educational environment comprises. We propose a model for managing the educational environment resources (MMEER) to guide the resources allocation within this multi‐level system. The article stresses the need to create an encouraging and motivating environment to use the material and non‐material resources as well as the intellectual capital of an educational institution most efficiently, student motivation being an indispensable prerequisite for enhancing quality and increasing the performance of an educational organisation.