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management |
4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}, {managing}] 2: those in charge of running a business From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: 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). From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-28)
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