Administration may refer to:
Management of organizations
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Management
Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...
, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
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Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a
secretary
A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evalu ...
, or also known as an administrative officer, administrative support specialist, or management assistant: a person whose work consists of supporting management
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Administration (government)
The term administration, as used in the context of government, differs according to the jurisdiction under which it operates. In general terms, the administration can be described as a decision-making body.
United States
In Americans, American ...
, management in or of government, the management of public affairs; government.
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Administrative division
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
, a term for an administrative region within a country that is created for the purpose of managing of land and the affairs of people.
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Academic administration
Academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities. Som ...
, a branch of an academic institution responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution
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Arts administration, a field that concerns business operations around an art organization
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Business administration
Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization.
Overview
The administration of a business includes the performance o ...
, the performance or management of business operations
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Bachelor of Business Administration
A Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is an undergraduate degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of four years and typically 120 credits of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of busine ...
, bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration
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Master of Business Administration
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...
, master's degree in business administration
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Doctor of Business Administration, doctoral degree
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Central administration
Central administration is the leading or presiding body over an organization and the highest administrative department which oversees all lower departments.
Education
In most cases, a school or school district will have a leading group of people ...
, the highest administrative department of an organization
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Engineering administration, a branch of engineering
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Health administration, a field relating to leadership, management and administration of public health systems, hospitals and hospital networks
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Military administration, the techniques and systems used by military services involved in the management of the armed forces
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Public administration
Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...
, advancement and implementation of government policy, or the management of public programs
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Master of Public Administration
A Master of Public Administration (MPA) is a specialized professional graduate degree in public administration that prepares students for leadership roles, similar or equivalent to a Master of Business Administration but with an emphasis on the ...
, master's degree in public administration
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Doctor of Public Administration, doctoral degree
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Administration (law), whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision
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Administration (British football)
In the United Kingdom, football clubs sometimes choose to enter administration ( sanction) when they are unable to pay off outstanding debts. Under the Insolvency Act 1986, a business will face a winding-up order bringing them to court and if ...
: consequences in football when the club (as a business) enters legal administration.
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Administration in United Kingdom law
Administration in United Kingdom law is the main kind of procedure in UK insolvency law when a company is unable to pay its debts. The management of the company is usually replaced by an insolvency practitioner whose statutory duty is to rescu ...
Other uses
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Administration (probate law)
In common-law jurisdictions, administration of an estate on death arises if the deceased is legally intestate, meaning they did not leave a will, or some assets are not disposed of by their will.
Where a person dies leaving a will appointin ...
, administration of an estate on death
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Database administration
Database administration is the function of managing and maintaining database management systems (DBMS) software. Mainstream DBMS software such as Oracle, IBM Db2 and Microsoft SQL Server need ongoing management. As such, corporations that use D ...
, the function of managing and maintaining DBMS software
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Drug administration
Medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the ...
, delivery of a drug into the body
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Route of administration
In pharmacology and toxicology, a route of administration is the way by which a medication, drug, fluid, poison, or other substance is taken into the body.
Routes of administration are generally classified by the location at which the substance ...
, path by which a drug, fluid, poison or other substance is taken into body
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Land administration Land administration is the way in which the rules of land tenure are applied and made operational. Land administration, whether formal or informal, comprises an extensive range of systems and processes to administer. The processes of land administra ...
, the way in which the rules of Land tenure are applied and made operational
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Network administration
Network management is the process of administering and managing computer networks. Services provided by this discipline include fault analysis, performance management, provisioning of networks and maintaining quality of service. Network managem ...
, configuration of a computer network
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System administration
An IT administrator, system administrator, sysadmin, or admin is a person who is responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems, especially multi-user computers, such as servers. The system administr ...
, the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems
See also
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Administrator (disambiguation)
Administrator or admin may refer to:
Job roles Computing and internet
* Database administrator, a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database
* Forum administrator, one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum
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Management (disambiguation)
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Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy ( ) is a system of organization where laws or regulatory authority are implemented by civil servants or non-elected officials (most of the time). Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments ...
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Presidency
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
(US usage, as in "the Biden administration")
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Governance
Governance is the overall complex system or framework of Process, processes, functions, structures, Social norm, rules, Law, laws and Norms (sociology), norms born out of the Interpersonal relationship, relationships, Social interaction, intera ...
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