Asian Journal of Management Sciences & Education Vol. 6(1) January 2017 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2017 Leena and Luna International, Chikusei, Japan. 37 | Page (株) リナアンドルナインターナショナル, 筑西市,日本 ISSN: 2186-845X ISSN: 2186-8441 Print www.ajmse. leena-luna.co.jp DIMENSIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: A THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK Abdul Nabi Gorchani 1, Afroze Siyal 2 , Farzana Suleman Jessar 3 , Noor Mohammad Jamali 4 School of Education, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sindh, PAKISTAN. 1 abdulnabi789@gmail.com ABSTRACT This paper aimed to examine role of leaders and managers in educational institutions from the perspective of available literatureon leadership and management and the functions and behavioural dimensions of leaders and managers in educational institutions in the shape of theories and research articles. For the purpose answers of five research questions a) what are the dimensions of the leadership? b) What are the dimensions of the management? c) What is relation between leadership and management? d) How Leaders are deemed as managers? And e) what is educational leadership and management? Were coined and their answers were brought from and in the light of existing and available literature. From the review of definitions and explanations existing literature it could be inferred that the word leadership, management and educational leadership & management have different definitions, meanings and explanations as the researchers gave them on the basis of their own understanding and experiences they deemed intact for them. For the leaders it could be inferred that they should have vision, mission and hope for their followers and from the perspective of followers they should have satisfaction of their belief if the leader is followed they would achieve their destination. The management is to manage an organization in different situations with jurisprudence by utilizing available resources. The educational leadership and managers perform dual responsibilities. Leaders perform the responsibilities of the managers and so the managers in their institutions Keywords: Dimensions, Dual responsibilities, Leaders as managers, Available resources, Educational institutional leadership INTRODUCTION Leadership and management are multi-dimensional words necessarily needed at every level and event of the life. Every individual at some stages performs their duties as leader as well as manager. The word leadership is the name of confidence and belief to lead with vision mission and hope (Barreto A. , 2009). At the same time the confidence and belief of the follower to follow a right person for accomplishment of their desired destination. The word management is to manage resources as well as situations. The leaders and managers perform dual responsibilities as” leaders- managers – leaders”. In the educational institution the both have multi-dimensions to perform their duties, Northern Ireland Assembly paper (2010) identified eight dimensions of educational institutional leaders and mangers 1) Their relation with community 2) Their values and vision, 3) reshaping conditions for teachers and learners, 4) to restructure and redesign as per the situation, 5) Bring improvements in the curriculum, 6) Improving quality of teachers, 7) Improve teaching and learning outcomes and 8) Create internal collaboration. All these dimensions can only be achieved to perform their duties as leaders as well as managers. The areas of leadership and management dimensions interconnection between these two