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Leadership and management of educational services and schools are evolving concepts and practices. Educational management and leadership as efficiency have had a long history, being focused for a long time on ideas about production from the world of industry. Social science influences have also shaped the course of educational leadership casting the phenomenon in a psychological or sociological paradigm. In recent times the concentration has been on accountability, using such terminology as key result areas, level of effort, deliverable/output, outcome and impact.

Leadership and management of educational services and schools are evolving concepts and practices. Educational management and leadership as efficiency have had a long history, being focused for a long time on ideas about production from the world of industry. Social science influences have also shaped the course of educational leadership casting the phenomenon in a psychological or sociological paradigm. In recent times the concentration has been on accountability, using such terminology as key result areas, level of effort, deliverable/output, outcome and impact.