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Both administration
and management are performed by managers at all levels – top, middle and low. While
managers at the top perform more of administration, those at lower level perform more of
management. In fact, management can be administrative management (that deals with
laying down policies) and operative management (that deals with execution of policies).
Firstly, management only entered the lexicon as a business term in 1911 with the publishing
of the Frederick Taylor’s book Scientific Management. I believe before then the term
administration was used.
Management is defined as an act of managing people and their work, for achieving a common goal
by using the organization’s resources.
It creates an environment under which the manager and his subordinates can work together for the
attainment of group objective.
It is a group of people who use their skills and talent in running the complete system of the
organization. It is an activity, a function, a process,
Planning, organizing, leading, motivating, controlling, coordination and decision making are the
major activities performed by the management.
Management brings together 5M’s of the organization, i.e. Men, Material, Machines, Methods, and
Money. It is a result oriented activity,
Definition of Administration
Area of It works under administration. It has full control over the activities of the
operation organization.
Decides Who will do the work? And How will it What should be done? And When is
be done? should be done?
Work Putting plans and policies into actions. Formulation of plans, framing policies and
setting objectives
Represents Employees, who work for Owners, who get a return on the capital
remuneration invested by them.
As we have see management is focused largely getting things done. While there is
process involved in the management and coordination of resource this is more often
an art rather than a science.
Conclusion
Theoretically, it can be said that both are different terms, but practically,
you will find that the terms are more or less same. You would have
noticed that a manager performs both administrative and functional
activities. Although the managers who are working on the topmost level are
said to be the part of administration whereas the managers working on the
middle or lower level represents management. So, we can say that
administration is above management.