Obstacles in the School Organization

Abstract

The aim of the research is to determine obstacles in educational organizations through PEST(Political, Economical, Social and Technological aspects) analysis. Since it was  aimed to obtain more reliable data and to gather extensive data, phenomenology from qualitative research methods was used. Criterion sampling method from purposeful sampling was used in determining the working group of the research. The working group of the research consists of  14 educators (principals (5), deputy principals (4), teachers 5) who have been receiving education   of masters with thesis/non-thesis faculty of education, educational sciences from a university in the western region of Turkey in 2015-2016 academic year and also have been working in various educational degrees. Data obtained through semi-structured interview method were analiyzed using the content analysis method. Semi-structured interview form was used in order to determine the personal perception and viewpoints of educators about obstacles in educational organizations. In this research which aimed to determine the obstacles that affect the quality of educational organizations through PEST analysis and to increase the effectiveness, sufficiency and productivity of the schools, the following results were obtained. The political obstacles in schools are related to syndicate, diplomacy, hierarchy, upper management and legislation and the economical obstacles stem from school budget, personal rights and limited school resources. The social obstacles are school environment, principal, teacher, student and the issues related to school culture. The technological obstacles consists of issues related to teaching material and virtual system. The political, social, cultural, economical and technological obstacles in schools should be eliminated in order to get the expected efficiency in schools.