Leadership in English-speaking countries is derived from an old Anglo-
Saxon word, loedan, meaning a way, road, path or journey. This ancient
definition of leadership is used throughout the book.
Management is derived from the Italian manaeggio (a riding school),
originating in the Latin word for hand, manus. So, to manufacture
something means, literally, to make things by hand, and in the 19th
century workers were employed by manufactories. Both management
and manufacture may already be outdated terms that should be
replaced by mentoring, mentofacturing or technofacturing. It has been
suggested that these words better reflect the realities of the current
transition from bureaucratic industrial capitalism: from an era when
we did indeed make many things by hand, to a new world where
knowledge management, intellectual capital, innovation and new technologies
are fast becoming the primary drivers of organizational
performance and success.
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