Concept information
Preferred term
administration
Definition
- Governments in many Western countries decided in the 1980s that traditional administration was no longer up to the task of modern government. They looked to the private sector to define a new management approach. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Administration]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- business administration
- construction management
- energy management
- enrollment management
- facilities management
- farm management
- home management
- information management
- institutional administration
- management by objectives
- middle management
- money management
- office management
- personnel management
- program administration
- public administration
- quality assurance
- research administration
- risk management
- supervision
- time management
- total quality management
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/administration
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