What is difference between management and administration?

Answer 1

I have been both in my life time in the Fire Service in London as a Principal Officer and a manager and a junior fire officer....once retired I and my wife - an administrator with the European Commission retired to live in Goa.

We have 3 full time and one part time staff...................................

my wife continuously tells the staff, whose english understanding is pathetic and very poor, what to do and how to do it.....................

I on the other hand I try to physically demonstrate how to get things done with gestures...but not always successfully whilst telling them in English waht to do.................. and there-in lies the difference between ADMINISTRATION and MANAGEMENT................................

My wife (ADMIN) tells them what to do and never ever checks that they have done it....

however , I as a manager, goes and ensures it is done not believing their mis-directions and lies trying to get out of doing anything productive.....

so one of the principle differences between us is that:

ADMIN...delivers orders and directions but singularly fails to ensure their compliance........

whereas MANAGEMENT not only directs but checks to ensure that the requirements are achieved satisfactorily, requirements are complied with correctly and implemented as necessary

To me this is the major difference.............