conduct implies taking responsibility for the acts and achievements of a group. manage implies direct handling and manipulating or maneuvering toward a desired result. control implies a regulating or restraining in order to keep within bounds or on a course.ull Definition of MANAGE. transitive verb. 1. : to handle or direct with a degree of skill: as. 2. 3. 4. intransitive verb. 1. a: to direct or carry on business or affairs; also: to direct a baseball team b: to admit of being carried on.