management
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Noun (2)
- the act of managing something“he was given overall management of the program”“is the direction of the economy a function of government?”Synonyms: directionType of social controlKinds treatment, administration, supervision, guidance, disenfranchisement, mismanagement, authorization, misconduct, channelization, homemaking +3 more
- those in charge of running a businessType of administration, governanceKinds houseMembers directorate, board of directors
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Translations
Noun administration, running of something
- Spanish
- gestión
- French
- administration
- German
- Management
- Italian
- gestione
- Portuguese
- administração
- Turkish
- idare
- Russian
- ме́неджмент mɛ́nɛdžment
- Arabic
- إِدَارَة ʔidāra
- Japanese
- 経営 keiei
- Dutch
- bestuur
19 more languages
- Polish
- zarządzanie
- Swedish
- ledning
- Greek
- διοίκηση dioíkisi
- Korean
- 관리 gwalli
- Indonesian
- manajemen
- Hungarian
- menedzsment
- Portuguese (PT)
- administração
- Catalan
- gestió
- Czech
- management
- Danish
- administration
- Finnish
- hallinto
- Georgian
- მენეჯმენტი meneǯmenṭi
- Icelandic
- rekstur
- Norwegian
- ledelse
- Scottish Gaelic
- stiùireadh
- Slovak
- manažment
- Swahili
- menejimenti
- Welsh
- gweinyddiaeth
- Yiddish
- אַדמיניסטראַציע administratsye
Noun the executives of an organisation
- Spanish
- gerencia
- German
- Geschäftsführung
- Italian
- dirigenza
- Turkish
- yönetim
- Russian
- руково́дство rukovódstvo
- Chinese
- 管理层 guǎnlǐcéng
- Dutch
- bestuur
- Indonesian
- direksi
- Hungarian
- vezetőség
- Catalan
- gerència
9 more languages
- Czech
- management
- Danish
- ledelse
- Finnish
- johto
- Georgian
- მენეჯმენტი meneǯmenṭi
- Hebrew
- הנהלה hanhala
- Latvian
- vadība
- Scottish Gaelic
- stiùireadh
- Swahili
- menejimenti
- Yiddish
- פֿאַרוואַלטונג farvaltung
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: From Manage, verb
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.” Ebenezer Porter
2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.
He had great managements with ecclesiastics.— Joseph 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.— John Dryden
4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
Synonyms: Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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)
The Jargon File
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).