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Definition of Management
1. Noun. The act of managing something. "Is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Conducting, Database Management, Finance, Homemaking, Misconduct, Misdirection, Mismanagement, Handling, Treatment, Oversight, Superintendence, Supervising, Supervision, Administration, Disposal, Authorisation, Authorization, Empowerment, Disenfranchisement, Canalisation, Canalization, Channelisation, Channelization, Guidance, Steering
Derivative terms: Manage, Manage
2. Noun. Those in charge of running a business.
Member holonyms: Board Of Directors, Directorate
Specialized synonyms: House
Definition of Management
1. n. 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.
Definition of Management
1. Noun. (uncountable management) administration; the process or practice of managing. ¹
2. Noun. (management) The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives. ¹
3. Noun. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Management
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Management
Literary usage of Management
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Ind 85:293-4 F 28 '16 Has scientific management made good? ... See Scientific
apparatus and instruments Scientific management American and British ..."
2. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"FOREST management IN THE WASTE-LAND REGIONS. Just here, in connection with the
discussion as to what policy .•should be adopted in regard to the treatment ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1900)
"The Cost of Maintenance and management of Hospitals and Sanatoria for the Treatment
of Consumption. BY THE REV. CHARLES A. DICKEY, DD, PRESIDENT OF THE ..."
4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1911)
"management. Electric traction for urban transportation was easily started in
England as a public business, after private enterprise in the United States had ..."
5. Notes on nursing by Florence Nightingale (1902)
"PETTY management. All the results of good nursing, as detailed in these Petty
... in petty management, or in other words, by not knowing how to manage that ..."
6. OECD Economic Surveys: Slovak Republic by OECD Staff (2005)
"Public management reforms A. Personnal management: public sector human resources
... Performance-based personnel management — < => Slovakia suffers from the ..."