management

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see also BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT, OFFICE
- to be in charge of a company or other organization: run* sth, manage sth; noun (U): management; adjective: managerial
I manage a small engineering firm. ◎ Sheila's learning new management skills at the local college. ◎ John has got good managerial experience.
- to manage some public or business activity (or some part of it): administer sth; noun (U): administration; adjective: administrative
Who is administering the examination? ◎ the administration of justice ◎ Unfortunately, I have to spend more and more of my time on administration. ◎ heavy administrative duties
- the group of people who control a business or other organization: management (with singular or plural verb)
The management bears no responsibility for cars left in this car park.
※—† people in management
- a person who manages sth: manager, director
our personnel manager ◎ our director of finance
- a person who controls a whole business or company: managing director, chief executive (AmE president)
- a woman who manages a shop or a restaurant: manageress
- a person whose work is in administration: administrator
We have too many administrators and not enough doctors!
- one of a group of people who are responsible for controlling the policy and major decisions of a company: (company) director
She's on the board (= group) of directors.
- a person who has an important position in an organization: executive
one of their sales executives
- the most important person in an organization or part of an organization: head
The head of the Bank of England is the Governor. ◎ my head of department
- a person whose job is to give orders to other people at work: (informal) boss
- a person who is the head of sth or in charge of sth: leader
She's proved to be an excellent leader of this organization.
- the second most important person in an organization or a part of an organization: deputy; adjective: deputy
the deputy director/governor
- a person who helps another person: assistant; adjective: assistant
the assistant manager
- to make sure that work is done properly, or that people are doing their work properly: supervise sb/sth, oversee* sb/sth; noun (U): supervision
Jim supervises the work of trainees.
- a person who supervises sb/sth: supervisor
Jim works as a supervisor in a factory.
- a person whose job it is to keep a record of all the money that a business spends and receives: accountant
※—† committees
- a group of people who have been chosen to discuss and/or to decide certain things: committee (with singular or plural verb)
A committee has been set up to plan the new city centre. ◎ She has been elected chairwoman/chair (= the person in charge) of the finance committee.
- a small committee that is made up of members of a larger committee: subcommittee (with singular or plural verb)
※ committee meetings MEETING
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- the relationship in a company between management and employees: industrial relations (noun plural)
Our company has very good industrial relations.
- the room where senior managers have important meetings: boardroom