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man⋅age⋅ment
[man-ij-muh
nt] 
–noun
| 1. | the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control. |
| 2. | skill in managing; executive ability: great management and tact. |
| 3. | the person or persons controlling and directing the affairs of a business, institution, etc.: The store is under new management. |
| 4. | executives collectively, considered as a class (distinguished from labor ). |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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 state affairs. "The management of the voice." --E. Porter. 2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement. He had great managements with ecclesiastics. --Addison. 3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. --Dryden. 4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers. Syn: Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue.
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Language Translation for : management
Spanish:
dirección, administración, gestión,
German:
diee Verwaltung, das Management,
Japanese:
経営
management
The body of individuals who run major businesses, usually without owning them but often with the reward of stock options.
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management
n.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).
Jargon File 4.2.0
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management
1598, "act of managing," from manage (q.v.). Meaning "governing body" (originally of a theater) is from 1739. Manager is 1588 in the sense of "one who manages;" specific sense of "one who conducts a house of business or public institution" is from 1705.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: man·age·ment
Pronunciation: 'man-ij-m&nt
Function: noun
: the whole system of care and treatment of a disease or a sickindividual
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-02-28)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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