Personal vs. organizational goals
Over the past
decade, numerous alterations have been implemented in our nation's educational
enterprises; however, to date, the effect has been very little
overall improvement in
our national performance. One hypothesis suggests that educational changes
have been predicated on personally rational decisions
rather than organizational
rational ones. Personally rational decisions are those directed toward an
individual's goal as contrasted with decisions based on
organizational goals.
Inferential and direct evidence supports such a possibility. Privatized
goals obscure the true educational needs of students and school
educational delivery systems
are subverted. As school's move beyond personally rational decision-making
can be facilitated by public, data-driven
decision-making. In a high-tech society, greater freedom and
empowerment will result from fuller communication of individual goals as well
as orgartizational goals.
Thus, all educators should have skills required to derive decisions from
appropriate data in an interdependent environment.
Staff play an important role in your
camp operation. After all, it is your staff who are in day-to-day contact
with campers, facilitating the positive experiences of
camp. Therefore, your staff must share your camp's philosophy
and be aware of the values that make your program unique. Collaborating effectively
with your summer staff is a critical
element in achieving your organization's goals and objectives.
