ABSTRACT
As people and institutions in nations across the world attempt to adjust and respond to the pervasive change forces of the modern world, the concepts of leadership and management, and the relationship between them, need to be redefined. A key element of the change process is the dominant policy of ‘the market’ with its emphasis on choice, competition, outcomes and efficiency, and this is having a major impact on all areas of social policy, including education. Commenting on these impacts on education, Hughes reports on the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All sponsored by UNESCO, and he makes the point that, ‘Jomtien marked a crucial realisation: that a major effort was required if the divisions which mark our world were not to become deeper and more unbridgeable’ (1997, p. 2). Because leadership must address areas of values, equity and fair distribution of material and cultural resources and capacity, this chapter argues that, at the present time, the balance between leadership and management needs to be realigned because, as we become more deeply embedded in the global economy, management is being given preeminence when in fact leadership is being demanded.
