The Leadership Enigma is more than Semantics

Abstract

The debate has long raged about the relative merits of leadership, management, and administration. This article does not advance the study of any of these terms, but questions the utility of valuing instructional leadership over management. An administrator wears both hats. Generally accepted definitions of these terms within a framework useful in research will help explain the “real world” and help the field advance. The paper describes one set of definitions and relationships that could remove some of the “value” associated with the terms and then frames a model for guiding analysis and description of relations among the terms.