"management" | Definition and Related Words

management

Noun

The act of managing something (synset 101135602)
"he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"

is a type of: social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
subtypes:
- conducting - the direction of an orchestra or choir
- database management - creation and maintenance of a database
- finance - the management of money and credit and banking and investments
- homemaking - the management of a household
- misconduct - bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf
- misdirection, mismanagement - management that is careless or inefficient
- handling, treatment - the management of someone or something
- oversight, superintendence, supervising, supervision - management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
- administration, disposal - a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- authorisation, authorization, empowerment - the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
- disenfranchisement - the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise
- canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization - management through specified channels of communication
- guidance, steering - the act of guiding or showing the way
same as: direction
Those in charge of running a business (synset 108397896)
is a type of: administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

subtypes: house - the management of a gambling house or casino

member holonym: board of directors, directorate - a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution

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