managementnoun
uk/ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/us/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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- mind the store idiom
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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People in charge of or controlling other people
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