Erisa Kurniati
Universitas Negeri Padang
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ABSTRACT
Education Management is defined as the process of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling educational resources to achieve educational goals effectively, efficiently and independently. This study is a literature review that discusses about the understanding, concepts, processes, and functions of education management, which in education management itself is an educational effort to achieve educational goals that have been established. Management education consists of two words: management and education, management education can be interpreted as management applied in the field of education with specifications and characteristics associated with education. An understanding of management education requires an understanding of management in general. Management is often defined as science, art, and profession. Management is a science and art, why so called, because between the two cannot be separated. Management as a science, it cause it has been studied for a long time, and has been organized into a theory. Management is defined as a profession because management requires certain skills in achieving goals.
Key Words: Educational, Management, Understanding, Concept, Process, Function