A systematic way of running school affairs

From my long years of classroom experience, one can confirm that schools determine, prior to the beginning of a semester, how many department and general staff meetings shall be held. This is an integral part of an annual plan. Organised and properly governed schools that shun a laissez-faire environment have a systematic way of running their affairs.

And regulating meetings is part and parcel of the process of enhancing effective management and ensuring that things are discussed and get done. In fact, the pulse of a department, in particular, or of a school, in general, could be measured by the number of meetings it has managed to hold. The more meetings a department has, the more it is presumed livelier and healthier. It would appear that the frequency of meetings counts more than the quality and purpose of the gatherings. What makes the holding of scheduled meetings mandatory is also the need to meet the expectations of external oversight entities.