'Management' definitions:
Definition of 'management'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" [syn: management, direction]
noun
Those in charge of running a business
Definition of 'Management'
From: GCIDE
- Management \Man"age*ment\, n. [From Manage, v.]
- 1. 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 a business enterprise; the management of state affairs. "The management of the voice." --E. Porter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement. [1913 Webster]
- He had great managements with ecclesiastics. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. [1913 Webster]
- Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'management'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- acme,
- action,
- administration,
- agency,
- archon,
- auspices,
- austerity,
- austerity program,
- authority,
- authorization,
- be-all and end-all,
- blue ribbon,
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- bosses,
- bureaucracy,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- canniness,
- care,
- carefulness,
- championship,
- chancellor,
- charge,
- chariness,
- chief executive,
- chief executive officer,
- civil government,
- command,
- commission,
- completion,
- conduct,
- control,
- council,
- cure,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- dean,
- directing,
- direction,
- directorate,
- directors,
- directorship,
- directory,
- discharge,
- discipline,
- dispatch,
- dispensation,
- disposition,
- dominion,
- driving,
- economic planning,
- economicalness,
- economy,
- economy of means,
- effectiveness,
- effectuation,
- empery,
- empire,
- employment,
- enactment,
- execution,
- executive,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive director,
- executive hierarchy,
- executive officer,
- executive secretary,
- executives,
- exercise,
- exploitation,
- false economy,
- first place,
- first prize,
- forehandedness,
- form of government,
- frugality,
- frugalness,
- functioning,
- good management,
- governance,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- government,
- guardianship,
- guidance,
- handling,
- hands,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- height,
- hierarchy,
- higher echelons,
- higher-ups,
- highest,
- husbandry,
- imperium,
- implementation,
- influence,
- infrastructure,
- intendance,
- interlocking directorate,
- jurisdiction,
- keeping,
- kingship,
- lead,
- leadership,
- leading,
- lordship,
- magistrate,
- managery,
- managing,
- managing director,
- manipulation,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- maximum,
- means of dealing,
- ministry,
- most,
- ne plus ultra,
- new high,
- occupation,
- officer,
- official,
- officialdom,
- operancy,
- operation,
- ordering,
- oversight,
- palms,
- paramountcy,
- parsimoniousness,
- parsimony,
- pastorage,
- pastorate,
- pastorship,
- patronage,
- performance,
- performing,
- perpetration,
- pilotage,
- political organization,
- polity,
- power,
- practice,
- prefect,
- prelacy,
- presidency,
- president,
- prexy,
- primacy,
- protectorship,
- providence,
- provost,
- prudence,
- prudential administration,
- record,
- regime,
- regimen,
- regnancy,
- regulation,
- reign,
- responsibility,
- rule,
- ruling class,
- ruling classes,
- running,
- safe hands,
- say,
- secretary,
- sovereignty,
- sparingness,
- steerage,
- steering,
- steering committee,
- stewardship,
- superintendence,
- superintendency,
- supervision,
- supremacy,
- sway,
- system of government,
- the administration,
- the authorities,
- the brass,
- the conn,
- the Establishment,
- the executive,
- the helm,
- the ingroup,
- the interests,
- the people upstairs,
- the power elite,
- the power structure,
- the top,
- the wheel,
- them,
- they,
- thrift,
- thriftiness,
- tight purse strings,
- top brass,
- top spot,
- transaction,
- treasurer,
- treatment,
- tutelage,
- unwastefulness,
- usage,
- using,
- utilization,
- vice-chancellor,
- vice-president,
- ward,
- warden,
- wardenship,
- wardship,
- watch and ward,
- wing,
- work,
- working,
- workings,
- zenith
Words containing 'Management'
- Manage,
- Manageability,
- Manageable,
- Manageableness,
- Manageably,
- Managed,
- Manager,
- Managing,
- Stage manager,
- bank manager,
- baseball manager,
- city manager,
- database management,
- district manager,
- general manager,
- hotel manager,
- industrial management,
- line management,
- managed economy,
- management consultant,
- management consulting,
- management control,
- management personnel,
- managing director,
- managing editor,
- database management system,
- financial management service,
- office of management and budget,
- federal emergency management agency,
- relational database management system,
- object-oriented database management system