You won’t find it too easy to find a succinct and satisfactory definition of “management”. In all likelihood, if you intend to climb up the management ladder, you are probably more interested in the process of management that you see and experience in the world of work. Generally speaking, companies employ people with the relevant skills to maintain the viability and effectiveness of the business by managing workloads, people, materials, processes, machinery, etc, in the pursuit of objectives set by the company’s directors. These are the normal tasks of management, and when you embark on a management course you will learn and develop the skills that are necessary to tackle these tasks with confidence.