State the definition of management.

Following are some definitions given by management thinkers :

1. “Management is an art of getting things done through others.” – Mary Parker Follet 

2. “To manage is to forecast, to plan, to organize, to command, to co-ordinate and to control”. – Henry Fayol 

3. “Management is knowing exactly what is to be done and seeing that it is done in the best possible manner.” 

4. “Management is the process consisting of planning, organizing, actuating and controlling, performed to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources”. George Terry.