Management in Educational Institutions in Serbia – Standard Approach, Old Habits and New Challenges

Abstract

In this paper we discuss several different aspects or different fields of expertise that any manager of educational institution in Serbia must have, in order to be succesfull as a manager. We analize: (1) formal aspect of licencing process for school principals, (2) aspect of law, bylaws and regulations, (3) political and society aspect, (4) medical aspect as a consequence of COVID19 crisis and also (5) aspect of implementation of new educational technologies and digitalization in educational process. Special attention is given on a new challenges in managament, that arises during COVID19 crisis. An interesting research was implemented with principals of schools, preschool institutions and other educational institutions, regarding all those aspects. 264 principals particiapted in this research. In this paper we presented obtained results, we analize them and also we give some conclusions.