Management

Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administration respectively. It is the process of managing the resources of businesses, governments, and other organizations.

thumb|A Nigerian man receives the [[smallpox vaccine in February 1969, as part of a global program that successfully eradicated the disease from the human population.]] Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a success what another person considers a failure, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation m

A plan is typically any list of steps, with details of timing and resources, used to achieve an objective. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions through which one expects to achieve a goal, and is sometimes represented by a diagram.

attempt to draw upon business techniques to find solutions to social problems

mechanisms, processes and relations by which corporations are controlled and operated

Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights. Empowerment as action refers both to the process of self-empowerment and to professional support of people, which enables them to overcome their sense of powerlessness and lack of influence, and to recognize and use their resources.

a group of people with a common interest to interact regularly to further that interest

social phenomenon in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of many or all of the individuals in the group

a period of time of a product being from inception, through engineering design and manufacture, to service and disposal

purchase of company by existing managers

application of the economic concepts, theories, tools, and methodologies to solve practical problems in a business

Delegation is the process of distributing and trusting work to another person. In management or leadership within an organisation, it involves a manager aiming to efficiently distribute work, decision-making and responsibility to subordinate workers in an organization. Delegation may result in creation of an accountable chain of authority where authority and responsibility moves down in an organisational structure. Inefficient delegation may lead to micromanagement.

Micromanagement is a management style characterized by behaviors such as an excessive focus on observing and controlling subordinates and an obsession with details.

characteristic ways of making decisions and relating to subordinates

document that defines a person's duties and responsibilities within an organisation

approach of price maximisation

approach to achieving major goals by consistently taking small steps

ability to predict, or the action of predicting, what will happen or what is needed in the future

ability to function in diverse settings

tendency of belief by a person or groups of beliefs once it's formed or form. tendency of following a particular assumption

thumb|Diagram, proposed by Henry Mintzberg, showing the main parts of organisation, including technostructure Technostructure is the group of technicians, analysts within an organisation (enterprise, administrative body) with considerable influence and control on its economy. The term was coined by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith in The New Industrial State (1967). It usually refers to managerial capitalism where the managers and other company leading administrators, scientists, or lawyers retain more power and influence than the shareholders in the decisional and directional process.

discord at the workplace or within an organisation, caused by opposing interests, needs or values

participation in management by employees

working philosophies or methods in Japan, including concepts and philosophies such as just in time, kaizen and total quality management

of a large interest in a company

capability of an organization to purposefully adapt an organization's resource base to address changes in the environment

management strategy to regenerate a company's performance

term used to describe the running of a company where the communication channels between the managers and the employees do not work properly

usual increase in complex and number of rules

philosophy of business effectiveness

term in management

Supervision is an act or instance of directing, managing, or oversight.

planning process