ABSTRACT
Various researchers have come up with an important distinction: educational management means the responsibility for the proper functioning of systems within an educational institution; educational leadership is about influencing others to achieve goals. This chapter looks at the range of management tasks that one might, at some stage in one’s career, be asked to perform. Only then can intelligent judgement be made about their usefulness and relevance. When that is accomplished, it will be possible to take a more realistic stance on how leaders, as managers, can cope and what skills they need to do so. Teachers carry out a wide range of administrative and management tasks. Good management is promoted by a manager who is well-briefed and knowledgeable. The opposite of this results in the proverbial situation of ‘the blind leading the blind’.
