Opinions of school managers and teachers related to management of diversity

In the general survey model, this research done by qualities model was conducted in order to evaluate the views of managers and teachers regarding the diversity management, a new approach to management. The study group of the research; It consists of 19 school principals and 65 teachers working in primary, secondary and high school in the center of Batman province. The data of the study were obtained by interview. For this, an interview form consisting of eight questions was prepared using the semi-structured interview technique. The design of the research was done by a case study from qualitative research designs. In the analysis of data collected in the research, descriptive content analysis was used. Findings and conclusions obtained; the dimensions of individual attitudes and behaviors, which are the three dimensions of difference management, are discussed under the dimension of organizational values and norms and the dimension of managerial practices and policies. In the research, it was determined that managers and teachers exhibit positive individual attitudes and behaviors in the dimension of individual attitudes and behaviors, respecting diversity as wealth, solving conflicts originating from differences through communication. In the aspect of organizational values and norms, positive organizational values and norms arise because of the attitudes of different people, preferring as managers, criticism based on their differences and evaluation of proposals, discrimination and non-injustice attitudes. It was found out that the high school teachers were sometimes exposed to discrimination, but the principals never did discrimination, they welcome the critics positively according to their wordings and not to have wantonness. Finally, in the dimension of managerial practices and policies, it has been found out that the managerial practices and policies about the diversity management accepted positively, and it is believed the management based on differenced accepted widely, but it has been seen that the principals generally prefer to work with the ones they are close to and that managers and teachers exhibitrelatively negative attitudes according to marital status.