An ambiguous entity that typically occupies the upper floors of buildings belonging to corporations. Management creates policies, procedures, and various directives designed to stagnate a workforce’s creativity while simultaneously providing obstacles to the accomplishment of work.
Ted: Oh, my God! Now I have to fill out this stupid checklist and run it through QA before I can start the machine after shift changeover.
Ralph: That’s management for you.
Ralph: That’s management for you.
by Kate Sjostrand February 19, 2008
Get the management mug.Someone who works for a management consulting firm. The consultant gets paid about 10% of what the firm charges the client for the consultants services. For example, the firm may charge the client $9,000 a week for the consultant but pays the consultant about $900 a week. A lot of consultants have never had any experience with the type of work that the client does.
The lifestyle at some firms consists of 100% travel. You leave on Sunday and come back on Friday. The travel and hotel are paid for and the consultant gets to keep the airline miles and hotel points. There is also per diem. The day can start at 630 AM when you meet with your team in the hotel lobby to leave for work. The clients site may be anywhere from 15 minutes to 45 minutes away. The clients provide the consultants with a makeshift office. The consultant may not get back to the hotel until 6PM.
The consultant is usually part of a team. The team leader may be someone with just a couple more years experience. Training tends to be on-the-job. There can be intense, almost violent, conflicts within the team and between a consultant and people who work in the client company.
A consultant is the lowest rung in the ladder, then comes project manager, then the guy who is managing multiple projects at the same time, then ultimately partner.
Most of the money is made from bonuses. A project manager may earn 65K but make a couple thousand in bonus money. Even people high in the ladder may make "only" about 90K but more than make up for it in bonuses.
It is difficult to explain what a management consultant does. There are some on-the-floor observations of what the client company does. There is interviewing of some people who work for the client. There is use of computers and installing new programs. The consultant recommends changes and try to implement them.The consultant seems to have to create his own work.
The lifestyle at some firms consists of 100% travel. You leave on Sunday and come back on Friday. The travel and hotel are paid for and the consultant gets to keep the airline miles and hotel points. There is also per diem. The day can start at 630 AM when you meet with your team in the hotel lobby to leave for work. The clients site may be anywhere from 15 minutes to 45 minutes away. The clients provide the consultants with a makeshift office. The consultant may not get back to the hotel until 6PM.
The consultant is usually part of a team. The team leader may be someone with just a couple more years experience. Training tends to be on-the-job. There can be intense, almost violent, conflicts within the team and between a consultant and people who work in the client company.
A consultant is the lowest rung in the ladder, then comes project manager, then the guy who is managing multiple projects at the same time, then ultimately partner.
Most of the money is made from bonuses. A project manager may earn 65K but make a couple thousand in bonus money. Even people high in the ladder may make "only" about 90K but more than make up for it in bonuses.
It is difficult to explain what a management consultant does. There are some on-the-floor observations of what the client company does. There is interviewing of some people who work for the client. There is use of computers and installing new programs. The consultant recommends changes and try to implement them.The consultant seems to have to create his own work.
by Jose Miura October 14, 2006
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Collective noun describing activities including trimming, shaving, waxing and plucking aimed at the reduction or removal of muff.
Rachel: 'Are you going swimming today?'
Alison: 'No, I can't- I've been a bit lax on the muff management front.'
Alison: 'No, I can't- I've been a bit lax on the muff management front.'
by Ali_b January 23, 2007
Get the muff management mug.To deliberately avoid a severe adverse reaction to excessive drug abuse. In many cases the whitey will have been brought on by a prolongued sessioninvolving a cocktail of drugs. The key to whitey management involves a strong will and clear thinking. A glass of water combined with a tactical chunder are viewed as the key tools to overcoming the whitey.
Al once again showed great whitey management after a quick tactical chunder in the downstairs toilet.
by Robbie November 14, 2003
Get the whitey management mug.1. The response a Georgia Tech management major receives from a non-management major during introductions.
2. A natural physical reflex, similar to vommitting.
3. A way for a non-management major to express his superiority over a management major.
4. A word that is often followed by a series of poorly-executed "saves," such as "that's cool" or "I gotcha."
5. Similar to, although not as severe as, the UGA 'Oh...' which occurs when a Georgia Tech student meets a UGA student.
See also m-train and tech trolley.
2. A natural physical reflex, similar to vommitting.
3. A way for a non-management major to express his superiority over a management major.
4. A word that is often followed by a series of poorly-executed "saves," such as "that's cool" or "I gotcha."
5. Similar to, although not as severe as, the UGA 'Oh...' which occurs when a Georgia Tech student meets a UGA student.
See also m-train and tech trolley.
Student A: "Hey. What's up? I'm George."
Student B: "Hey. I'm Burdell. How's it going?"
Student A: "Good."
Student B: "So, what major are you?"
Student A: "Management. What about you?"
Student B: "Oh... I gotcha. Um, I'm mechanical engineering."
Student A: "Nice."
Student A: (thinks to himself) "I hate The Management 'Oh...'. Maybe I should transfer to UGA, where the business school is lower-ranked but is somehow worshiped there."
Student B: "Hey. I'm Burdell. How's it going?"
Student A: "Good."
Student B: "So, what major are you?"
Student A: "Management. What about you?"
Student B: "Oh... I gotcha. Um, I'm mechanical engineering."
Student A: "Nice."
Student A: (thinks to himself) "I hate The Management 'Oh...'. Maybe I should transfer to UGA, where the business school is lower-ranked but is somehow worshiped there."
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The landscaping company hired a firm to provide reputation management so that customers are given the right first impression when searching for their company online.
by Web Reputation Builders July 29, 2011
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