principal has a vital role in any educational institution.

1. Roles of Principal in
educational institution

2. BROAD LAYOUT OF OUR TALK
Who are top managers?
Principal as a top manager of an educational
institution
Roles of principal
Interpersonal role
Informational role
Decisional role

3. Who are top managers?
Top management is made up of senior-
level executives of an educational institution,
or those positions that hold the most
responsibility.

4. Principal as a top manager of an
educational institution:
A principal is responsible for planning and
directing the work of group of individuals
monitoring their performance and taking
corrective action when necessary for the
accomplishment of organizational goals and
objectives.

6. Interpersonal role
Relational part of an essential is connected with
his interconnecting with people both inside and
outside the school. Following are the three sorts of
relational parts.
The Figurehead:
Performs ceremonial duties. Examples: greeting
visiting dignitaries, attending an employee’s
wedding, taking an important customer to lunch.

7. The Leader:
Responsibility for the work of subordinates,
motivating and encouraging employees,
exercising their formal authority.
The Liaison:
Making contacts outside the vertical chain
of command including peers in other
companies or departments, and government
and trade organization representatives.

9. Informational role
Instructive part includes accepting
gathering of data and conveying them as
required. It is of three sorts
The Monitor:
Scans the environment for new information
to collect.

10. The Disseminator:
Passing on privileged information directly to
subordinates.
The Spokesperson:
Sharing information with people outside
their organization. Examples: a speech to a
lobby or suggesting product modifications to
suppliers.

11. Decisional role
It is critical part. Chief needs to take choices
every day. In decisional part he performs four
parts.
The Entrepreneur:Seeks to improve the unit
by initiating projects.
The Disturbance Handler: Responds
involuntarily to pressures too severe to be
ignored. Examples: a looming strike, a major
customer gone bankrupt, or a supplier reneging
on a contract.

12. The Resource Allocator:
Decides who gets what.
The Negotiator:
Committing organizational resources in “real-
time” with the broad information available from
their informational roles.