Admin vs. Management Explained
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AbdulRehmanDIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
There has been a controversy regarding the interpretation of these two terms. There are
different views in this regard:
According to first view (William Newman, Peter Drucker, etc.), there is no basic difference
between the two terms, and they are interchangeable. If there is any difference, it may perhaps
be in their usage in practice. The term administration is used for non‐ business activities, and
management is used for business activities.
According to second view (Kimball, Brech, other British writers, etc.), management is a more
comprehensive term which includes administration. Management involves "thinking" and
administration involves "doing". Management is responsible for planning and organizing, and
administration is responsible for directing and controlling. Whereas management refers to a
high level of managerial activities such as goal‐setting, policy formulation and strategy making,
administration refers to an operative part concerned with lower level management activities
such as execution of policies.
According to third view (Sheldon, Speriegal, Milward, etc.), administration is a more
comprehensive term which includes management. Administration involves "thinking" and
management involves "doing". Administration is a top level function which concentrates on
determination of plans, policies and objectives, whereas management is a lower level function
which deals with the execution and direction of policies and operations. It doesn't mean that
we need two separate sets of personnel, but each manager performs both the managerial as
well as administrative functions. At top level more time is spent in administrative activity and as
one moves down, more time is spent in management activity
Difference between Administration and Management.
1. Management is the act or function of putting into practice the policies and plans decided
upon by the administration.
2. Administration is a determinative function, while management is an executive function.
3. Administration makes the important decisions of an enterprise in its entirety, whereas
management makes the decisions within the confines of the framework, which is set up by the
administration.
4. Administrators are mainly found in large and multi‐layered enterprises such as governments,
military, religious and educational organizations or corporations. Management, on the other
hand, is used by mid‐size to small enterprises and may take administrative functions or even be
labeled as administration but granted mostly a management function. For example the
administration of a condominium is mostly a managerial body that is needs to convey an
assembly to reach most decisions.
