The incorporation of fractals into educational management and its implications for school management models

Abstract

This paper intends to demonstrate a certain level of methodological innovation in school management systems. Its main purpose thus is to introduce and apply the fractal theory to urge and catalyze the new thinking of administrative organization method and hope to build up an effective, efficient and appropriate school management model under the guidance of fractals. The paper therefore erodes any fears that usually curtail efforts towards transformation of systems since these fears normally hinge on self-doubt as to whether the proposed ideas are commensurate with the established and accepted realms as well as custodians of knowledge. Paper thus contends that without taking giant strides and risks, educational management and school leadership cannot and will never be improved since the same old systems and weak points will remain in force and get entrenched further. Accordingly therefore, the paper has examined a number of aspects related to changing paradigms in educational management which bring about acute chaos and complexity both in terms of the concept as well as management or leadership structure. The concept of fractals is thus identified as a way forward to achieving transformation of the education management system. However at this level it became imperative to examine the relationship between Fractals, chaos theory, crisis theory, self-organizing systems, disorderly structures and complex adaptive systems. Equally, the place of Fractals in management theory and school leadership models was explored and how these obtain in proposed model based on fractal systems alongside the benefits of the proposed model to school management.