Mismanagements

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Inadequate administration that leads to ineffective outcomes or failures
2. Instances of poor oversight that result in the mishandling of resources or operations
3. Series of errors or flaws in management practices that detrimentally affect an organization or project

Etymology: "Manage" once meant something far more physical than running a budget. It came into English from Italian "maneggiare", meaning to handle or train a horse, and that Italian word descends from Latin "manus", "hand". The horse-training sense survives in French "manège", a riding school, which shares the same root. "Mismanagements" is the plural of "mismanagement", a noun built from the prefix "mis-", meaning "wrongly" or "badly", the verb "manage", and the suffix "-ment", which turns an action into a noun. The plural counts separate lapses of oversight, each one a distinct failure in handling resources or operations.

Synonyms: misadministration, ineptitude, maladministration, misgovernance, misdirection

Antonyms: management, administration, leadership, governance, supervision