"Management is the art of getting things done through and with people in formally organised groups."
Harold Koontz gave this definition of management in his book "The Management Theory Jungle".
According to Henri Fayol,
"To manage is to forecast and to plan, to organise, to command, to co-ordinate and to control."
Henri Fayol gave this definition of management in his book "Industrial and General Administration"
According to Peter Drucker,
"Management is a multi-purpose organ that manages business and manages managers and manages workers and work."
This definition of management was given by Peter Drucker in his book "The Principles of Management".
According to Mary Parker Follet,
"Management is the art of getting things done through people."
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1...the process of dealing with or controlling things or people: link : http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/management
2....Management is the process of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources. link: http://managementinnovations.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/define-management-its-functions/
3...Theo Haimann and William Scott
Management is a social and technical process which utilizes, resources, influences, human action and facilitates changes in order to accomplish organizatinal goals. link :http://www.guesspapers.net/2515/various-definitions-of-management/
planning - the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise planning - the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
MORE DEFINATIONS
1. To formulate a scheme or program for the accomplishment, enactment, or attainment of: plan a campaign.
2. To have as a specific aim or purpose; intend: They plan to buy a house.