Educational Administrators: Leaders or Managers?

Abstract

The image is striking. A business man dressed in his suit is sitting on a wooden chair that has been placed on the pebbles very close to the water’s edge. He has his legs crossed, hands in his lap, shoulders back and with an air of authority he is staring out across the lake. In the background one can see the mountains on the other side of the lake, giving way to the expansive sky overhead. Words have been overprinted in the sky which simply read, ‘Now I invent instead of Predict. I am a Visionary’. Underneath the image the rest of the advertisement begins by proclaiming, ‘The Advanced Management Program—Creating Innovators.’