Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Management

Management , noun

[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 a business enterprise; 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.