ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses upon interaction, involvement and intervention at national and international level. Effective Leadership and Management (ELM) refers to the need for managers to ensure effective interaction, involvement and intervention at all levels. This includes parents, families, communities, and with policy makers. The leadership/management dichotomy permeates the literature relating to early childhood, and although the terms are often used interchangeably, they are not synonymous. Signifying the complexity of ECEC management, Janet Moyles suggests that the management of an early childhood setting involves much more than being an inspirational and visionary leader. It is evident that management skills do not equate to leadership skills which can be vested in a room leader, or a supervisor for example. As such leadership can be shared, and, or devolved within a setting. Moyles holds that it is the 'collective responsibility' of ECEC managers to ensure that the right people are given pertinent information in order to make informed policy decisions.
