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, 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, 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, advancement and implementation of government policy, or the management of public programs
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Master of Public Administration, 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): consequences in football when the club (as a business) enters legal administration.
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Administration in United Kingdom law
Other uses
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Administration (probate law), administration of an estate on death
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Database administration, the function of managing and maintaining DBMS software
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Drug administration, delivery of a drug into the body
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Route of administration, path by which a drug, fluid, poison or other substance is taken into body
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Land administration, the way in which the rules of Land tenure are applied and made operational
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Network administration, configuration of a computer network
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System administration, the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems
See also
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Administrator (disambiguation)
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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 (US usage, as in "the Biden administration")
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Governance
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