What does management mean?

Definitions for management
ˈmæn ɪdʒ məntman·age·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. management, directionnoun

    the act of managing something

    "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"

  2. managementnoun

    those in charge of running a business

Wiktionary

  1. managementnoun

    administration; the process or practice of managing.

  2. managementnoun

    The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.

  3. managementnoun

    Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

    Excellent time management helped her succeed in all facets of her life.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Managementnoun

    Etymology: menagement, French.

    Mark with what management their tribes divide;
    Some stick to you, and some to t’other side. Dryden.

    An ill argument introduced with deference, will procure more credit than the profoundest science with a rough, insolent, and noisy management. John Locke, on Education.

    The wrong management of the earl of Godolphin was the only cause of the union. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

    He had great managements with ecclesiasticks in the view of being advanced to the pontificate. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

ChatGPT

  1. management

    Management refers to the process of planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling resources, including human, financial, and material, in order to achieve organization goals and objectives efficiently and effectively. It involves making decisions, setting objectives, allocating resources, directing and motivating employees, and evaluating and improving performance to ensure the successful accomplishment of organizational goals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Management

    the act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs

  2. Management

    business dealing; negotiation; arrangement

  3. Management

    judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense

  4. Management

    the collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers

Wikidata

  1. Management

    Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of coordinating the efforts of people to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Resourcing encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources, and natural resources. Since organizations can be viewed as systems, management can also be defined as human action, including design, to facilitate the production of useful outcomes from a system. This view opens the opportunity to 'manage' oneself, a prerequisite to attempting to manage others.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. management

    1. Corporate power elites distinguished primarily by their distance from actual productive work and their chronic failure to manage (see also suit). Spoken derisively, as in “Management decided that ...”. 2. Mythically, a vast bureaucracy responsible for all the world's minor irritations. Hackers' satirical public notices are often signed ‘The Mgt’; this derives from the Illuminatus novels (see the Bibliography in Appendix C).

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. management

    The consequence management activities for all deliberate and inadvertent releases of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives that are undertaken when directed or authorized by the President. Also called CBRNE CM.

Editors Contribution

  1. management

    The effective, efficient and prudent plan, use and direction to manage resources.

    The management team worked very efficiently.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'management' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #412

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'management' in Written Corpus Frequency: #808

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'management' in Nouns Frequency: #155

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of management in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of management in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of management in a Sentence

  1. Todd Rosenbluth:

    The first seven months of the year, the fund has continued its excellent record relative to peers and the Barclays aggregate index, we continue to believe the fund has managed the risks in the bond market well and think investors have confidence in the stable management team at Doubleline ahead of likely pending Federal Reserve policy changes.

  2. Rick Scott:

    Hurricane Irma is a major and life-threatening storm, and Florida must be prepared, i have continued to be briefed by the Florida Division of Emergency Management on Hurricane Irma and current forecast models have Florida in Irma’s path – potentially impacting millions of Floridians.

  3. Alec Litowitz:

    Blackstone's investment provides a catalyst that will help us... continuing to attract and retain key talent, increasing investment in funds and deepening relationship with a leader in the alternative asset management sector.

  4. Siobhan Morden at Jefferies:

    The fears are that (the President) could still influence policy management with an insider who is a political maverick with radical views.

  5. Douglas Fierberg:

    This essentially entrusts the management of what are potentially dangerous circumstances by 18, 19 and 20 year olds.

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