Management concept known three meanings: active, group of people who run a business and science.
The term "management" is taken from English, but its source is the word "manus" in Latin which means hand and handling the action. In Italian, then formed the word "mannegio" which refers to processing by hand and hence, there was the French term "Manega" the significance of place where horses are trained. He subsequently appeared in English the word "manage" the embodiment of the administration, management and is the noun "management" which means leader.
In this way, it is noted that management was identified as that of the first in the realm of sports. It has subsequently been adopted in military science, politics, journalism, public administration. Time management has become in economic activity spread the work "The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham in 1941.
As an activity, management can identify with the concentration of collective human activity, ie with the process of deepening division of labor.
Content management activity can be understood if you try a comparison between it and the activities which might be confused: organization, direction, guidance, administration, leadership. Therefore:
management activities not identified with the organization. For an economic system is well organized a management decision is necessary in this respect, but to get a proper management requires a proper organization;
not be confused with business management guidance, supervision respectively. The latter implies a valid driving side of the conditions under which work is perceived as necessary for existence of human action but devoid of conscience and professional commitment;
management does routing work. This includes orientation towards a new economic system in its development stage and is a segment of managerial work;
management activities not identified with the administration. This implies a static approach to the undertaking in which the emphasis is on office work, while management activities aimed enterprise's ability to adapt to change;
Management, as a group of people who drive the economic system (a direction, a department, division, enterprise, department, etc..) Differs at least by two criteria, namely:
the scope of the works manager;
hierarchical level within the organization they serve.
It is obvious that a manager does not do the same with one another from different industry and in the same area, two managers do not realize the same work if they fall on different levels of the leadership pyramid. A minister is not the same activity with a rector or a director of a hospital or a bank president. In addition, the rector is not self-identical to a dean or head of department or lecturer. The manager ranks higher up the management pyramid, the share of technical functions, the performance decreases and increases the share of managerial functions.
As science is a science of economic management firm, as marketing. Its place in the system of economics is not central, but its content is developed by processing the basic concepts of economics to other interprets it their own way and in turn, provides ideas, theories and principles that can be taken the other sciences of the system.
Management, as science is an object of study. The subject matter of management science is that all relationships governing relations between the elements involved in an organization and between them and external factors. In this way, the management company so that its organization and intrinsic variables and processes that take place within an organization and situation in which acting company, which means that extrinsic factors of micro and macro elements of the enterprise.
In conclusion, management is a set of activities in order to ensure normal functioning, efficient economic systems by one or more individuals and a science subject.
