Management Redefined

There was this interesting observation which I made while reading a book on management during my MBA. The book started with defining management as an art of getting work done through others. If such is the case then everyone would keep on passing the work to the next employee in the hierarchy and even at the lowest level, people would look for someone to get the work done. And the buck stops nowhere. In this process, I don't see the work getting done at any level whatsoever. Hence, a rubbish definition.

A revised definition by me: Management is the art of fooling others

This is how i developed this definition....
In further chapters i came across a theory given by Douglas McGregor (Theory X) who say management assumes employees are inherently lazy and will avoid work if they can. Therefore it is pretty obvious that no one would like to work for others unless and until you fool him around by offering impressive compensation, career plans, perks, etc. Therefore what comes out is this “Management is the art of making fool of others”.