Difference between Management & Administration

Difference between management and administration can be described as follows:-

• According to meaning: Management is the process of managing the activities in efficient and effective way for the achievement of certain goals of enterprise. On the other hand administration is the process of determining goals or objectives and policy of enterprise in systematic way. 

• According to purpose: The purpose of management is to achieve the pre-determined goals of organization in the most economic way. On the other hand the purpose of administration is to determine the goals, objectives, plans and policies of organization. 

• According to nature: Management refers to a doing function because it helps in doing the various activities in an efficient way. On the other hand administration refers to a decision-making or thinking function because it focus attention on determining vital decisions related to various factors. 

• According to decisions: Management decides, who will take responsibility for doing the various activities towards the attainment of pre-determined goals in proper way. On the other hand administration decides what activities will be done and when it will be done by means of management functions. 

• According to uses: Management is used in all types of organization. Either it may be business organization or non-business organization due to universal in nature. On the other hand administration is used only in non-business organization due to less universal in nature. 

• According to relations: In an organization management is mainly related with lower-level of managers, like- employees and other workers. On the other hand in an organization administration is mainly related with top-level of managers, like- CEO and other managers.