Administration

For the policy pages on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Administration and Wikipedia:Administrators

Look up administration, admin, or administrative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Administration may refer to:

Management of organizations

Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
- Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, administrative support specialist, or management assistant: a person whose work consists of supporting management
- Administration (government), management in or of government, the management of public affairs; government.
  - Administrative division, a term for an administrative region within a country that is created for the purpose of managing of land and the affairs of people.
- Academic administration, a branch of an academic institution responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution
- Arts administration, a field that concerns business operations around an art organization
- Business administration, the performance or management of business operations
  - Bachelor of Business Administration, bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration
  - Master of Business Administration, master's degree in business administration
  - Doctor of Business Administration, doctoral degree
- Central administration, the highest administrative department of an organization
- Engineering administration, a branch of engineering
- Health administration, a field relating to leadership, management and administration of public health systems, hospitals and hospital networks
- Military administration, the techniques and systems used by military services involved in the management of the armed forces
- Public administration, advancement and implementation of government policy, or the management of public programs
  - Master of Public Administration, master's degree in public administration
  - Doctor of Public Administration, doctoral degree
Administration (law), whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision
- Administration (British football): consequences in football when the club (as a business) enters legal administration.
- Administration in United Kingdom law

Other uses

Administration (probate law), administration of an estate on death
Database administration, the function of managing and maintaining DBMS software
Drug administration, delivery of a drug into the body
- Route of administration, path by which a drug, fluid, poison or other substance is taken into body
Land administration, the way in which the rules of Land tenure are applied and made operational
Network administration, configuration of a computer network
System administration, the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems