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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

See also

• Administrator (disambiguation)
• Bureaucracy
• Presidency (US usage, as in "the Biden administration")