6 M

We know what manager is. Someone who perform the act(s) of management, comprises directing and controlling a group of one or more people or entities for the
purpose of coordinating and harmonizing that group towards accomplishing a goal.

Manager operates through various functions, planning, organizing, leading/motivating and controlling.

In school, manager do the same things as well. Now that you have a plan, you have to make it happen. Is everything ready ahead of your school so the right stuff will get to your school at the right time? Is your school prepared to do its part of the plan ?
Then, what does manager check day to day? Simply call it 6M : man, money, material, method, market, machine.

1. Man, means our human resources (staffs, teachers, employees)
2. Money (income, funds, petty cash, expenses)
3. Material (technology, books, sales kit, building, houses, etc)
4. Method (academic resources, curriculum, etc)
5. Market (students, parents, society, stakeholders)
6. Machine (generator set, computers, vacuum cleaner, etc)

These are standard that most of school management profession have been checked more than once. Here, then, is a basic look at management, a primer, 6 M from my perspective.