n. | 1. | The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; |
2. | Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement. | |
3. | Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; - often in a bad sense. | |
4. | The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: direction |
2. | management - those in charge of running a business |
1. | management - 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. | management - 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. |