Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act, manner, or practice of managing; handling, supervision, or control.
  • noun The person or persons who control or direct a business or other enterprise.
  • noun Skill in managing; executive ability.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of managing physically; handling; manipulation; physical or manual control or guidance: as, the management of a horse in riding; the management of a gun.
  • noun The act of managing by direction or regulation; intellectual control; conduct; administration; as, the management of a family, or of a theater; a board of management.
  • noun Manner of managing; use of artifice, contrivance, skill, or prudence in doing anything.
  • noun Negotiation; transaction; dealing.
  • noun Collectively, the body of directors or managers of any undertaking, concern, or interets; a board of directors of managers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control
  • noun Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.
  • noun Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense.
  • noun The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable, management administration; the process or practice of managing.
  • noun management The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
  • noun uncountable Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of managing something
  • noun those in charge of running a business

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From manage +‎ -ment

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Examples

  • It is important to make some clear distinction on what is meant by management in “community management”.

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  • CB Richard Ellis Investors is a global real estate investment management firm with approximately $43.7 billion in assets under management* as of June 30, 2008.

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  • I call that great service and it was fantastic food, but obviously, the train management is not entitled to take any bows.

    Train times in Mexico 2007

  • I call that great service and it was fantastic food, but obviously, the train management is not entitled to take any bows.

    Train times in Mexico 2007

  • I call that great service and it was fantastic food, but obviously, the train management is not entitled to take any bows.

    Train Times In Mexico 2002

  • I call that great service and it was fantastic food, but obviously, the train management is not entitled to take any bows.

    Train Times In Mexico 2002

  • While the term management is a useful one and is used in this section title, perhaps an even more appropriate term is navigation.

    Navigating the Winds of Change LYNN ANDERSON 1994

  • By associating planning with free will, it becomes synonymous again with popular uses of the word management and so loses distinctive meaning.

    The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994

  • By associating planning with free will, it becomes synonymous again with popular uses of the word management and so loses distinctive meaning.

    The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994

  • The terms management chain puts two nouns next to each other, why not use the term management?

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