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Management vs Coordination - What's the difference?

management | coordination |

As nouns the difference between management and coordination

is that management is administration; the process or practice of managing while coordination is the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

management

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable, management) Administration; the process or practice of managing.
  • (management) The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
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  • (uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.
  • Synonyms

    * (process or practice of managing) mgt, mgmt

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from management) * advanced traffic management * anger management * content management system * cross-platform application management * change management * database management system * inventory management * knowledge management * data management * document management system * management summary * master data management * micromanagement * middle management * time management * management cybernetics * strategic management * Human Resource Management * risk management * package management system * performance management system * project management * soil management

    coordination

    Alternative forms

    * co-ordination,

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
  • * 1919: Robert W. Chambers, In Secret
  • Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination , no single head for all these agencies.
  • the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization
  • * 1900: Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country
  • We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.
  • the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
  • I'm terrible at sports -- I have no coordination .
  • (possibly archaic) the state of being equal in rank or power.
  • * c. 1833: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute coordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.
  • (grammar) an equal joining together two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and'', ''or'', or ''but .
  • (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound
  • Antonyms

    * incoordination * subordination

    Derived terms

    * coordination compound * coordination number * colour coordination, color coordination * hand-eye coordination