CHAPTER Objectives
Place in perspective the nature, dimensions, and significance of the human
resource function
Establish the purposive nature of educational institutions.
Stress the considerable impact of the endless and sometimes dramatic rapidity of
social change and the role of the human resource function in resolving the
challenges it represents.
Support the proposition that everything that goes on in a school system is linked
to its human resources.
Identify major current and emerging problems confronting modern school
systems and associated environmental forces that both hinder and
enhance educational change.
Provide a foundation for improving the system's ability to close the gap between
the actual and desired state of individual. work unit. and system
effectiveness