ABSTRACT
In this chapter we look particularly at management and leadership approaches that focus on the individual, rather than on the organization more broadly, and that take a detached and ‘rational’ view, that is, an objective and scientific perspective. We also consider leadership and management developments within the social work context – most notably a framework for leadership in social work. There is a very considerable literature on management in general and a large and increasing literature on leadership. Here we consider briefly the development of thinking about management specifically before examining that of leadership, summarizing the main themes. We do not set out to provide a detailed chronology of management and leadership thinking and to that extent some significant contributors might not be mentioned by name. There are good texts which present such chronologies to which the reader is referred if a more detailed examination is required (e.g. Cole, 2004; Mullins, 2007; Gill, 2006; Northouse, 2007).
