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It is important to specify the two notions are not mutually exclusive. In practice it is very
likely that leaders and managers are characterized by the same qualities and abilities. But there

is a difference, however, is the extent to which they are intertwined. Thus, there is the opinion
that leaders are specific conceptual and human abilities, and managers, technical, action,
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operational. Also, the qualities of a leader are clearly visible in those situations that involve
rapid and extensive changes in crises, while the qualities of the manager are visible in day-to-
day, banal, current situations. Hence, the idea those managers predict or diminish the risks,
while leaders assume these risks.

But no matter of the context in which they are used, the terms "management" and
"leadership" are often used in the same sense, especially in the current speech. Even sometimes
we find one of the terms used in the literature and the other in brackets as an extension of the
first one.
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Unlike the terms of management and leadership, the administration term implies the

operationalization of everyday issues, of little importance compared to management, which
involves solving far-reaching perspectives. Administration, as stated by R. Iucu [7] means
general terms for the formulation of the objective, obtaining success by preventing errors,
adopting a small number of decisions for a large number of people, hierarchies and areas of
wide accountability, specifying the role of arbitrator of the administrator.

Over time, the management term had over 150 definitions:
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to achieve the primary goal of the organization - obtaining the desired products and services of a teachers-leaders.eu
• "Provide and Plan, Organize, Lead, and Control" (Fayol),

• "Taking responsibility for deciding, planning and regulating the work of some people working
for a common purpose so that the right result is efficient and economical" (Brech),

• "The process of coordinating human, informational, physical and financial resources in order

particular segment of society" (Reece and O'Grady - USA)
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• "Science of administration techniques of the enterprise" (Larousse - France), or

• "Management science deals with laws of general management and its synthetic laws" (Popova
and Krasnopoiasa - Russia),

• "Management means to do the right thing, while leadership is doing what you need," says
Drucker.

Some definitions define management as an art. Thus, Roy Rowan [8] said about
management” is the art of making decisions with insufficient information." Starting from the
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