Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Management"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
management
n 1: the act of managing something; "he was given overall
management of the program"; "is the direction of the
economy a function of government?" [syn: {direction}]
2: those in charge of running a business
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