Difference between management and administration
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Management involves getting work done through others by directing their efforts, and consists of individuals who accept responsibility for running an organization. Administration determines goals, objectives, plans, and policies and decides what activities will be done and when through management functions. The key difference between management and administration is that administration frames the objectives and policies of the organization, while management implements those policies and objectives under the control of administration.
Difference between management and administration
- 1. Management is all about getting things done through the efforts of other people. Management consists of group of individuals that do accept responsibilities to run an organization. Management posse’s artistic and scientific elements and it is Continuous and never ending process. Administration consists of group of individuals in charge of determining the goals, objectives, plans and policies of the organization that decides what activities will be done and when it will be done by means of management functions. These two can be differentiated as follows DISTINCTION POINT MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION 1.MEANING / DEFINITION Art of getting things done through others by directing their efforts towards achievement of pre- determined goals. It is the process of determining goals or objectives and policy of enterprise in systematic way 2.NATURE It is an executing function, that implements the policies and objectives as decided by the administration It is a decision-making function, thinking function that determines policies and objectives of the firm 3.LEVEL OF AUTHORITY Middle level activity that includes middle level managers Top level activity that includes Chief executive officers 4.SCOPE It takes decisions within the framework set by administration It takes major decision of a firm as a whole 5.DECISION MAKING Management decides who will take responsibility for Administration decides what activities will be done and
- 2. doing the various activities towards the attainment of pre-determined goals in proper way when it will be done by means of management functions 6.MAIN FUNCTION Motivating and controlling Planning and organizing 7.PERSONNEL INVOLVED Management usually incorporates the employees of the firm who use their skills for the firm in return for remuneration Administration includes the people who are either owners or partners of the firm that usually contribute to the firm’s capital and earn profits or returns on their investment 8.INFLUENCE Decisions are influenced by the values, opinions, beliefs and decisions of the managers. Decisions are Influenced by public opinion, government policies, customs 9.ABILITIES It requires mainly technical abilities to run day to day activities. It needs administrative rather than technical abilities. The key Difference between them is that Administration frames the objectives and policies of the organization while management implement the policies and objectives. All in all management and administration might look the same but they differ, management is directly under the control of administration REFERENCES http://www.differencebetween.net/business/difference-between-management-and- administration/ (Accessed 3rd march 2015)
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