Operations vs. Management — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Operations and Management
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Operations
The act or process of operating or functioning.
Management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a non-profit organization, or a government body. Management includes the activities of setting the strategy of an organization and coordinating the efforts of its employees (or of volunteers) to accomplish its objectives through the application of available resources, such as financial, natural, technological, and human resources.
Operations
The state of being operative or functional
A factory in operation.
Management
The process of dealing with or controlling things or people
Businesses were slow to adopt the key elements of environmental risk management
The management of the economy
Operations
A process or series of acts involved in a particular form of work
The operation of building a house.
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Management
Trickery; deceit
If there has been any management in the business, it has been concealed from me
Operations
An instance or method of efficient, productive activity
That restaurant is quite an operation.
Management
The act, manner, or practice of managing; handling, supervision, or control
Management of factory workers.
Operations
An unethical or illegal business
A fencing operation for stolen goods.
Management
The person or persons who control or direct a business or other enterprise.
Operations
(Medicine) A surgical procedure for remedying an injury, ailment, defect, or dysfunction.
Management
Skill in managing; executive ability.
Operations
(Mathematics) A process or action, such as addition, substitution, transposition, or differentiation, performed in a specified sequence and in accordance with specific rules.
Management
(uncountable) administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
Operations
A logical operation.
Management
The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
Operations
(Computers) An action resulting from a single instruction.
Management
(uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.
Excellent time management helped her succeed in all facets of her life.
Operations
A military or naval action, campaign, or mission.
Management
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.
Operations
Operations The headquarters or center from which a military action, flights into and out of an airfield, or other activities are controlled.
Management
Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.
He had great managements with ecclesiastics.
Operations
Operations The division of an organization that carries out the major planning and operating functions.
Management
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 divideSome stick to you, and some to t'other side.
Operations
Plural of operation
Management
The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
Operations
Financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records.
Management
The act of managing something;
He was given overall management of the program
Is the direction of the economy a function of government?
Operations
Financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records
Management
Those in charge of running a business
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