Meaning of management in English

management

noun

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/ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/ us

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/ˈmæn.ədʒ.mənt/

B2 [ U ]

the control and organization of something:

The company has suffered from several years of bad management.

There is a need for stricter financial management.

a management training programme

[ C, + sing/pl verb ]

the group of people responsible for controlling and organizing a company:

Management has/have offered staff a three percent pay increase.

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I am the formal leader of the project but the everyday management is done by my assistant.
He is known for his autocratic style of management.
Jonathan has demonstrated enormous practicality in his successful management of the shop.
The government is trying to restore public confidence in its management of the economy.
They have a very old-fashioned management structure.

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(Definition of management from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

management | American Dictionary

management

noun [ U ]

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/ˈmæn·ɪdʒ·mənt/

the control and organization of something, esp. a business and its employees:

He assumed management of a large real-estate company.

Management is also the people in charge of a business organization:

Negotiators tried all weekend to get labor and management back to the bargaining table.

(Definition of management from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

management | Business English

management

noun

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[ U ] MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACE

the activity or job of being in charge of a company, organization, department, or team of employees:

Environmental concerns are being integrated more and more into business management.

He leaves the day-to-day management of the company to his daughter.

corporate/centralized/strategic management

management style/technique/strategy A top-down management style can make decision-making slow and inflexible.

management framework/structure We shall be implementing a new management structure in order to deal with the changed sales environment.

good/bad/poor management Good management and creative advertising have seen profit margins double to 19%.

[ S or U ] MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACE

the group of people who control a company or organization:

An extraordinary general meeting has been called to try to force the company's management to reconsider the financial restructuring proposals.

Management is projecting earnings growth of at least 20% a year for the next three to five years.

Changes within society have further emphasized the idea of collaboration between management and employees.

Our management team prides itself on taking calculated, prudent risks.

The CEO will learn today whether he is to be sacked as part of a management shake-up.

[ U ]

the activity of controlling something, or of using or dealing with something in a way that is effective:

The management of our funds is entrusted to skilled professionals.

The choice and management of resources are essential to the success of any company.

They offered all their employees a course on stress management.

Examples of management

management

Opportunities for reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming managements: a systems approach.

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Applications of bioenergetics models to fish ecology and managements: where do we go from here?

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The union requested 'that the system of recruiting labour through the contractors must cease' and demanded direct employment and direct payment by the managements.

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If corporate managements have major inappropriate powers, however, they also suffer from a major weakness which they share with fund managers.

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Chapter 11 reviews the management's influence on soil structure, emphasizing practices that alter soil organic matter and cultural practices.

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To promote cost containment, healthcare managements use various measures directed toward increasing resources or reducing demand for service (1;11).

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However, seen from the factory management's perspective there were obvious disciplinary advantages of the special recruitment policies.

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How can managements of ar ts organisations assess the success of ar ts education projects?

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Since most playwrights can't make a living from writing for studios, the final panel explored what managements think about staging new work.

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Their managements treat them as such, processing them through a succession of rehearsals for a 'production line' of operas without calling on their creative or imaginative resources.

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On the contrary, it is quite possible that standards have gone down rather than up at many institutions, since having a 'qualified' staff can lull managements into self-satisfaction and complacency.

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I have repeatedly stressed the need for managements to take the lead in seeking to improve industrial relations.

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I share fully all the objections to subsidy—open-ended or any other form of operating subsidy—which has a demoralising effect on both staff and managements.

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Once in operation, the management's main priority is the training of local people as managers, and in other necessary skills.

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The managements of the warship building yards say that they have not been receiving adequate investment for that reason.

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Collocations with management

management

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active management

Thus, this ratio is a performance measure that indicates the value added by active management to the strategic policy.

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adaptive management

At the level of the firm tradable permits facilitate adaptive management.

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capital management

I find little concern for people and the environment in his vision and too much understanding of the requirements of companies involved in capital management.

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Translations of management

in Chinese (Traditional)

管理, 經營, 管理層，資方…

Meaning of management in English

management | American Dictionary

management | Business English

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