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
A major that, as a condition for acceptance, requires the applicant to be unskilled in any area of recognized professional expertise.
by Blake Martin January 21, 2004
management is when resources (human and capital) are efficiently and effectively administered in a relative manner in order to achieve organisational objectives both disclosed and undisclosed.
by comfytee January 20, 2013
A branch that requires the student to be extremely intelligent and teaches him to know everything about how a company works. Management is a complexed major where one must study economics, accounting, mathematics, marketing, law, etc.
by Billy0879 December 03, 2008
by ReeMcFace May 25, 2019
A person who appears to know how all tasks should be accomplished but can't actually do any of those tasks themselves.
A manager will tell you exactly how something should be done, even though he or she has never done it themselves.
by mitchell986 November 17, 2011
The institution of watching without working, usually accompanied with a significantly higher salary.
Person 1: "Did anyone else notice the guy sleeping in the crew room earlier?"
Person 2: "No, man, he's with management."
Person 2: "No, man, he's with management."
by Drakeswarm October 29, 2010