Exercise 14 Read the text and answer the question: which paragraph contains an answer to the following questions? (put the right number 1 or 2)1 What is the origin of the verb ― manage?___ 2 What is management? ___ What is “management”? What is

Exercise 14 Read the text and answer the question: which paragraph contains an answer
to the following questions? (put the right number 1 or 2)1 What is the origin of the verb ― manage?___
2 What is management? ___
What is “management”?
What is "management"? There are a variety of views about this term. Traditionally, the
term ― management refers to planning, organizing, leading (directing) and controlling
(coordinating) activities and to the group of people, involved in them. Another common view is
that ― management is getting things done through other people. But to most employees the term
― management probably means the group of people (executives or other) who are responsible
for making decisions in the organization.
It is interesting to know that the verb "manage" comes from the Italian "maneggiare" (that
is "to handle" - especially a horse), which in turn derives from the Latin "manus" (that is "hand").
The French word "mesnagement" (later "mÄnagement") influenced the development in the
meaning of the English word "management" in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Industrial
Revolution began in the eighteenth century and transformed the job of a manager from owner-
manager to professional, salaried manager. It is interesting to note that many of the management
terms and techniques used today have their basis in military authority (for example: "superior",
"subordinate", "strategy", "mission").