different between administration vs management

English

Etymology

From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?n??st?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations)

1. (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
2. (countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

3. (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

4. (uncountable, business) Management.
5. (uncountable, law, Britain) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

Synonyms

• supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing

Related terms

• administer
• administrator
• administrative

Translations

References

• administration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Old French administration, from Latin administratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis.t?a.sj??/

Noun

administration f (plural administrations)

1. management (administration; the process or practice of managing)

Derived terms

• conseil d'administration

Further reading

• “administration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

administration (plural administrationes)

1. administration (act of administering)

Swedish

Noun

administration c

1. administration

Declension

Synonyms

• förvaltning

English

Etymology

manage +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn?d?m?nt/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?mæn?d?m?nt/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /m?n?e?d?m?nt/

Noun

management (usually uncountable, plural managements)

1. (uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
2. The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
3. (uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

Synonyms

• (process or practice of managing): mgt, mgmt, mgmt., Mgmt., mng't

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• "management" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 189.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

Noun

management m

1. (management) management

Synonyms

• ?ízení n

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?nage?ment

Noun

management n (uncountable)

1. (management) management

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na(d)?.m??/, /ma.nad?.m?nt/

Noun

management m (plural managements)

1. (management) management

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Noun

management m (invariable)

1. (management) management

Further reading

• management in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Noun

management m (plural managements)

1. management