MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT

a) Keyness

The lemma ‘management’ was the ninth most significant key word in the BEC corpus.

N	Word	bec freq.	bec.lst %	bnc freq.	Bnc.lst %	Keyness	P
9	MANAGEMENT	973	0.10	279	0.01	989.7	0.000000

b) Semantic Prosody

Left: Five groups identified.

semantic prosody	frequency/ 980& %	example
level of management	59 - 6.02%	senior management line management higher-level management
type of management (ie of what)	337 - 34.38%	dispute management project management land management
type of management (description of type)	48 - 4.89%	day-to-day management international management timebased management
company names	53 - 5.4%	ASDA’s management continues ... can COMPAQ management ...
positive adjectives	23 - 2.34%	clever management fresh management sophisticated management

Right: Three groups identified.

semantic prosody	frequency/ 980& %	example
people	75 - 7.65%	management accountant management guru management representative
management characteristics (positive values)	52- 5.3%	management experience management expertise management skills
management activities	28 - 2.85%	management meetings management training

c) Three-word clusters

N	cluster	Freq.
1	management of the	15
2	the management of	15
3	of the management	12
4	the management team	11
5	senior management team	8
6	member of the	7
7	the management accounts	7
8	total quality management	7
9	management # credits	6
10	member of group	6
11	of group management	6
12	responsible for the	6
13	the journal of	6
14	the management and	6
15	to the management	6
16	group management and	5
17	of management is	5
18	quality management and	5
19	the management board	5
20	the senior management	5
21	a management contract	4
22	a senior management	4
23	and the management	4
24	and timebased management	4
25	as well as	4
26	aspect of management	4
27	by group management	4
28	by walking about	4
29	group management approval	4
30	in the management	4
31	is responsible for	4
32	management and staff	4
33	management and the	4
34	management and timebased	4
35	management by walking	4
36	management information system	4
37	management limited #	4
38	management team and	4
39	mercury asset management	4
40	of the business	4
41	professor of management	4
42	strategic management system	4
43	the management contractor	4
44	the responsibility of	4
45	the supplier's management	4
46	to group management	4
47	with the management	4

d) Macro-generic distribution

e) Colligation

COBUILD Sense 1 (control and organising of a business/organisation)

708 instances - 72.24% of sample

Patterns: Uncount noun

But Japan has no more monopoly on management wisdom than the United States,

this style of management, we also provide Human Resource Management

COBUILD Sense 2 (people who control or organise a business/organisation)

272 instances - 27.75% of sample

Patterns: Variable collective noun

Delta’s going through a management shake-up right now

The business was subject to a management buy-out two years ago

Other patterns:

i) The word ‘management’ displays a strong tendency to form part of three-word noun phrases as seen above in the three-word clusters:

senior management team, total quality management

ii) In 29 instances (2.95% of the sample), the noun phrase involving ‘management’ is co-joined by ‘and’:

business and management, money and management, information and management, design and management

f) Associates