People who hold any position of responsibility must carry out both leadership and management functions. We need to think of the two terms ‘leadership’ and ‘management’ as a continuum. At times our jobs may deal with a stable process involving clear goals and minimal change, and in such cases we may need to concentrate more on management. At other times, our jobs may involve change, goal-setting, and vision creation, all of which may require us to concentrate more on leadership.
If we are to be effective, there is no way we can escape the leadership functions altogether without the danger of becoming administrators or even bureaucrats. Further, there is no way we can escape the management functions without the danger of becoming just dreamers.