Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Management \Man"age*ment\, n. [From {Manage}, v.]
   1. The act or art of managing; the manner of treating,
      directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct;
      administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a
      family or of a farm; the management of state affairs.
      ``The management of the voice.'' --E. Porter.

   2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.

            He had great managements with ecclesiastics.
                                                  --Addison.

   3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct
      directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning
      practice; -- often in a bad sense.

            Mark with what management their tribes divide Some
            stick to you, and some to t'other side. --Dryden.

   4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any
      enterprise or interest; the board of managers.

   Syn: Conduct; administration; government; direction;
        guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue.

Source : WordNet®

management
     n 1: the act of managing something; "he was given overall
          management of the program"; "is the direction of the
          economy a function of government?" [syn: {direction}]
     2: those in charge of running a business

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

management
     
        1. 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. 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.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1995-02-28)