Theprinciplecanusethetheoryofbasicassumptionstounderstandtheemployees，andtomotiveaswellastoinductthem.Iftheworkersalwaysgetpositiveassumptionsfromthecampusenvironment，theymayoptimisticandwillingtocontribute，andviseversa.Theleadermayalsousethebasicassumptionstogetanalysisoftheinstitutionandworkers，thushelpdesigningthefuture.
◆Intelligence
In1904，AlfredBinetinventedamethodtoidentifythosechildreninschoolwhoneededspecialhelp.Therebyamethodcameouttotellpeople’sintelligence.TheresultofthistestingsystemiscalledIntelligenceQuotient，alsoknownasIQ.Theprinciplecanusetheintelligencedistinguishsystemtosortoutstudents，anddecidethecurriculum.Forexample，thestudentswhoareespeciallygiftedwithhighIQmayfindtheregularcurriculumtooeasy，thusbecomeimpatientandlackconcentrationonschoolwork.Onthecontrary，studentswhoaredisadvantagedintermsofintelligencemayfaceparticularchallengeandgetfrustrationfeelingwithoutspecifichelp.Ahigh-qualifiedleadershouldmakesurethestaffunderstandandareabletocaterforthedifferentneedsoftwoextremestudents.
Later，onthebasisofIQ，atermcalledEQwasdeveloped.Itreferstopeople’semotionalintelligence.BeingaGreatLeaderRequiresEmotionalIntelligence.
◆HumanCapital
Humanresourcesarepreciousassetsofaninstitution.Itseemshardtopredicthumancapitalsometimes，becausehumanbeingsarechangeable，easytobeaffectedbymanyexternalorinternalfactors.However，usingsomespecificpsychologicalprinciplesconcerninghumanresources，canfacilitatetheprincipletotrain，motivate，andevaluatethestaff.
Employmentcanbedifficult，andanyerrormayturntobetroublesomeandcostly.Thesubsequentprocessisnoteasier.Thatiswhythehumanresourcesmanagementhasbecomeacriticalelementtooperateasuccessfulschool.Humanresourcesadministratorsmustworknotonlytorecruittheproperstaff，butalsopromoteaschool’senvironment.
◆LearningOrganization
Stayingcompetitiveintoday’seconomyisessentialtoanyorganization.Schoolorganizationsalsomustbenimbleandagiletosurvive.Thatrequiresdevelopingincreasedabilitytosense，evenpredict，theproblemsposedbytheirenvironmentsandinventsolutionstothem.Thisispartoftheconceptofthelearningorganization:anorganization，learnstonimblyadapttounfoldingchangesintheenvironment.Itisalsocalledorganizationdevelopment.
Inalearningorganization，theworkerscontinuallyenhancetheircapabilitiestocreatewhattheywanttocreate.Organizationsarespendingmoretimeandfeetoinsuretheemployeesupdatedtothestate-of-artknowledge，thankstothequickdevelopmentoftechnology.Itisreasonabletopredictthatinthefuture，continuouslearningcapacitywouldbecrucialtorecruit.Thejobseekermayhardlytobehiredwithoutpresentingexcellentlearningability.
◆ContingencyView
Thecontingencyviewholdsthatthereisnoonebestwayofmanagingunderallconditions，butthatthereareoptimalwaysofmanagingconflictundercertainconditions.Therearesituational-contingentfactorsthataffectaleader＇sabilitytolead.Theeffectivenessofworkersdependsonhowgoodamatchexistsbetweentheleadershipstyleoftheleaderandthedemandsofthesituation.
Theleaders，whocanactuallyexertcontroloverthestaff，excellentlygettaskinvolved，andsuccessfullyacceptedbythesubordinates，aremorelikelytoleadtheschoolintoabrightfuture.Theprinciplewhoholdsacontingencyview，maygivedifferentinductionstodifferentnewteachers，accordingtotheirdiversepersonalities.
◆Likert’sfoursystems
System1:exploitive-authoritative(orpunitive-authoritarian)，theleaderhasalowconcernforpeopleandusessuchmethodsasthreatsandotherfear-basedmethodstoachieveconformance.;System2:benevolent-authoritative(orpaternalistic-authoritarian)，theresponsibilityliesatthemanageriallevelsbutnotatthelowerlevelsoftheorganizationalhierarchy;System3:consultativesystem，thesuperiorhassubstantialbutnotcomplete，trustandconfidenceinhissubordinates;4:theparticipative(orgroupinteractive)modelofanorganizationalsystem，superiorshavecompleteconfidenceintheirsubordinates，andmotivationisbyeconomicrewardsbasedongoalswhichhavebeensetinparticipation.
Lowerthenumber，thesystemismorelikelytobeoperatedbasedontheoryX.Higherthenumberis，thesystemismorelikelytobeoperatedbasedontheoryY.
Theleaderinexploitive-authoritativeconcernlittleforpeople，andpreferstousefear-basedmethodssuchasthreatstoachieveconformance.Thismanagementmethodcanbeeffective.However，itcanalsostiflepeople’screativity，whichisthemostpreciousvalueofhumancapital.Ipredictinfuture，themostsuccessfulschools’leadersshouldpreferparticipativestyle，ratherthanopposite.