poor management
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoorandmanagement
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poor
adjective
uk/pɔːr/us/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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management
noun
uk/ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/us/ˈmæn.ədʒ.mənt/
the control and organization ...
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(Definition ofpoorandmanagementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpoor management
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In general, a farmer withpoormanagementdoes not seem to take farming seriously.
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Failure in industry is often a result ofpoormanagement.
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One of several possible interpretations is that risk-averse attitudes contribute to apoormanagementof natural resources.
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Through responsible reports like the one quoted above, he probably tried to regain some of the respect lost due to hispoormanagement.
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Explanations of such persistently poor performance included multiple repair and maintenance problems affecting both agricultural and industrial operations,poormanagementand bad weather.
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The graph presentation used in this study indicated that this is a typical finding in queues withpoormanagement.
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The mining industry faced undercapitalization and low efficiency due topoormanagementand weak mining skills.
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At most sites these conditions resulted in the selection of one farmer with good management, one with medium management and two withpoormanagement.
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Woodlands in the collective hands of rural communities were similarly threatened bypoormanagementand uncontrolled cutting.
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Over-use andpoormanagementof the integration of biodiversity with other uses will result in the same downward slide that characterises many of the regions today.
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The existence of a plan, and the mechanisms for carrying it out, do not ensure success, however, poor plans andpoormanagementincrease the chances for disaster.
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Poormanagementmay result in the failure of a crop in the same region where good management results in a viable crop.
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Whilst acknowledging that underfunding can lead to poor standards of public service, he believes that 'inertia,poormanagement, overmanning and bureaucratic sloth' (p.56) have also played a contributory role.
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Studies show most of these deaths are caused bypoormanagementand failure to take basic precautions.
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Unfortunately, there have been many examples ofpoormanagement.
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This figure includes losses due topoormanagementas well as deliberate removal.
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There is poverty because there ispoormanagement.
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Absence of choice is bad for the manufacturers, it stultifies innovation, perpetuatespoormanagementand leads in the long run to industrial decline.
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