Saturday, January 29, 2011

Collection of Definitions of Management

In the web, you will find a lot of definitions of Management for Businesses, and put together that best definitions and gather it in 1 presentation to appear as a collection for public knowledge, use and awareness on what truly is the meaning of Management in term of Strategic Business.


• “Management” (from Old French ménagement “the art of conducting, directing”, from Latin manu agere “to lead by the hand”) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible)…
en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Management

• The process of getting activities completed efficiently with and through other people; 2. The process of setting and achieving goals through the execution of five basic management functions: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling; that utilize human, financial, and material resources.
crfonline .org/orc/glossary/m.html

• The process of planning, leading, organizing and controlling people within a group in order to achieve goals; also used to mean the group of people who do this.
booksites .net/download/chadwickbeech/Glossary.htm

• The process of achieving the objectives of the business organization by bringing together human, physical, and financial resources in an optimum combination and making the best decision for the organization while taking into consideration its operating environment.
ucs.mun. ca/~rsexty/business1000/glossary/M.htm

• The guidance and control of action required to execute a program. Also, the individuals charged with the responsibility of conducting a program.
ojp.usdoj. gov/BJA/evaluation/glossary/glossary_m.htm

• Is the organizational process that includes strategic planning, setting; objectives, managing resources, deploying the human and financial assets needed to achieve objectives, and measuring results. Management also includes recording and storing facts and information for later use or for others within the organization. Management functions are not limited to managers and supervisors. Every member of the organization has some management and reporting functions as part of their job. home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/defin1.htm

• Is the activity of getting things done with the aid of people and other resources.
wps.prenhall. com/wps/media/objects/213/218150/glossary.html

• Effective utilization and coordination of resources such as capital, plant, materials, and labour to achieve defined objectives with maximum efficiency.
ecbp. org/glossary.htm

• the role of conducting and supervising a business.
becbiz. com.au/glossary.htm

As you can see, each of them tries their best to give evidents on the function of Management, but for me, each definition above has it’s own function in the corporate world of business entity.

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