Two Organizational Roles: Manager's and Leader's

Abstract

In this decade? leadership has been one of the most popular topics with speakers and writers on management. It is by its nature a somewhat enigmatic concept and? therefore? not largely amenable to research. Still? it has been possible to develop better understanding. Leader's personality is not so much in focus now. It has shifted to leadership role and tends to shift further to leadership as a process. Distinction between leadership and managerial roles is becoming clearer. Whether leaders are born or made is no longer a serious controversy. It is asserted that leadership success or failure depends more on learning processes and situational contexts. How to interpret the life around and how to promote meaningful action are some of the vital questions which only better understanding can help in answering. The purpose of this paper by Sampat Singh is to promote efforts in that direction. � 1998, � 1998 SAGE Publications.