Managership

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The role or position of being in charge of managing an organization, team, or project; the quality or capability of effectively directing and overseeing operations ; the state or condition of holding responsibility for leadership and decision-making within a group
2. The capacity or function of exercising control and coordination over resources and personnel; the office or status of a person who organizes and guides activities towards achieving goals; the attribute of possessing managerial skills and authority
3. The job or duty associated with administrating and supervising work and people; the characteristic of having the power and expertise to lead and manage; the situation in which one assumes responsibility for operational and strategic direction

Etymology: "Managership" is a plain compound: the noun "manager" with the suffix "-ship" attached. "Manager" came into English from Italian "maneggiare", meaning to handle or train horses, which itself traces back to Latin "manus", "hand". So the word's roots are literally about handling things with the hands, a far cry from the boardroom. The suffix "-ship" is an older English element, related to "shape" and used to form nouns that name a state, condition, or office, as in "friendship", "kingship", and "lordship". Attaching it to "manager" produces a noun for the office, status, or capacity of holding that role. Because "-ship" is so productive, the formation is transparent: a reader can work out the meaning without a dictionary, which is why it reads as a straightforward descriptive term rather than a coinage with a story of its own.

Synonyms: management, leadership, administration, supervision, governance

Antonyms: subordination, mismanagement