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PGDEMA
Post Graduate Diploma in Educational
Management and Administration
(PGDEMA)
ASSIGNMENTS
January/July 2012
School of Education
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068
2
Assignments
January/July 2012
Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management and Administration
(PGDEMA)
SPECIALIZED AREA: EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
MES – 041 Growth and Development of Educational Management
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
a) Discuss National Policy of Education (1986) in the context of management of innovations in
educational system in the country.
(500 Words)
b) “Organization of education can be seen in terms of three tiered systemic structure”. Explain.
Describe briefly the managerial functions of different types of educational organisations.
(500 Words)
c) Discuss any two applications of ICT in the field of educational management with examples.
(500 Words)
MES – 042 Dimensions of Educational Management
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
a) Explain briefly the major recommendations of National Policy on Education (1968) and
National Policy on Education (1986).
(500 Words)
b) Explain meaning and characteristics of organisational behaviour. Discuss any one characteristic
in the study of organizational behaviour with suitable examples.
(500 Words)
c) Discuss globalization of higher education as change driver in the context of transformational
leadership in educational management.
(500 Words)
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MES-043: ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
a) Explain the concept and need of motivation. Discuss the importance of motivation in managing
people.
(500 Words)
b) Discuss the any four theories of leadership style with examples.
(500 Words)
c) “Decision making plays a major role in educational management”. Discuss the statement
with reference to the need and importance of decision-making in educational management.
(500 Words)
MES – 044 Institutional Management
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
a) Discuss different types of planning involved in the efficient management of resources in an
institution of higher education.
(500 Words)
b) Discuss any one approach used for resources mobilization in elementary education in your
state/ U.T
(500 Words)
c) Discuss dimensions of quality as given by Garvin (1988) with examples.
(500 Words)
MES 045: School Education
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each:
1. Explain the process of preparing an institutional plan.
(500 Words)
2. Discuss the salient features of Vocational Education and training framework as suggested
in XIth Five year plan.
(500 Words)
3. Identify the strengths, weaknesses , opportunities and threats of your institution using
SWOT analysis. Also, suggest the ways to overcome weaknesses and threats.
(500 Words)
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MES 046 – Will be provided later
MES 047- Open and Distance Education
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
1. Choose a topic you would like to teach. Develop the objectives, introduction and one
section for a unit you would like to prepare as self learning material.
(500 Words)
2. Discuss the main features and the significance of distance education.
(500 Words)
3 What is meant by ‘evaluation’? Explain it in the context of distance education.
(500 Words)
MES – 048 Alternative Education
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
i) How is alternative education different from formal education? Discuss the role and need
of open schooling in the context of alternative education.
(500 Words)
ii) Alternative education schools are grounded in philosophies of Great thinkers in India and
abroad. Discuss.
(500 Words)
iii) Discuss any two major initiatives taken for providing NFE in your state/ U.T.
(500 Words)