EL LIDERAZGO: UN PODER RELATIVO

RESUMENSe analiza los implícitos epistemológicos, teóricos e históricos de la concepción y práctica del liderazgo, en la política cotidiana y en el quehacer la administración pública y empresarial. La interpretación predominantemente individualista del liderazgo, se encuentra asociado con formas particulares de interpretación de la historia y la sociedad, así como, con la conservación y reproducción del poder en las organizaciones, la sociedad y el Estado. El liderazgo, es una relación social que expresa y representa los sentimientos y aspiraciones de específicascolectividades, de ningún modo desarraigado del devenir de la organización, ni del medio social e histórico de las sociedades.SUMMARYThis article analyzes the epistemological, theoretical and  historical implicit of the conception and practice of the leadership, in the public and also in the private administration. The mainlyindividualistic interpretation of the leadership is associated with peculiar forms of the interpretation of the history and the society, as well as, the conservation and reproduction of the power in the organizations, the society and the State. The leadership is a social relationship that expresses and represents the feelings and the aspirations of specific collectives, at all eradicated of becoming of the organization, neither of the social and historical contexts of the societies.

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The purpose of this article is to analyze some aspects of vital importance to educational organizations: Educational Leadership. Leadership is a big issue that has being an interest for many authors. The term gives a connotation of images that include powerful, dynamic and intelligent people. The majority of leadership analysis recognizes the fact that it can occur in all the organizations. This article suggests a brief explanation of what leadership means, and it explains two theories that have been developed and have an impact in the educational system: the transactional theory and the transformational theory. Therefore, this article mentions some basic elements about transformational leadership in a school´s principal. Finally, there is an explanation about the vision of an educational organization and how this one links its leadership with the educational organizations in general.