3 catagories of theories regarding relation between administration and management

1. ADMINISTRATION AND
MANAGEMENT
PRESENTED BY:
ANAND SARAN
142005

2. MANAGEMENT
Management is a process of getting things done
with the aim of achieving goals effectively and
efficiently.

3. ADMINISTRATION
• Administration refers to the group of individuals
who are in charge of creating and enforcing rules
and regulations, or those in leadership positions
who complete important tasks.
• According to McFarland, management and
administration are synonyms of each other.

4. ADMINISTRATION
On the analysis of various views expressed
regarding administration, three conclusions can be
drawn:
• Management and administration are different
• Management includes administration
• Management and administration are one

5. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
ARE DIFFERENT
• Main scholars- Oliver Sheldon, W.R. Spriegel,
Milward and Florence
• According to this concept, administration
involves the overall setting of major objectives
and determination of policies and decisions
while management looks after the execution of
these policies and decisions.

6. Cont.
Oliver Sheldon has defined the functions of
administration as - the determination of corporate
policies, coordination of finance, production and
distribution and ultimate control over execution.

8. MANAGEMENT INCLUDES
ADMINISTRATION
• Main scholars- E.F.L. Brech, Kimball and
Kimball
• According to Brech “Management is a process
entailing responsibility for the effective and
economical planning of the operation of an
enterprise……administration is that part of
management concerned with the installation and
carrying out of the procedures”

9. Cont.
Brech divides management into three levels :
• Top management- responsible for policy
formation, goals and aims
• Middle and functional management- responsible
for planning, organizing, directing and
controlling
• Lower management- responsible for supervision

10. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISRATION ARE
ONE
• Main scholars- Henry Feyol, Koontz and
O’Donnell, Allen, Terry, Newman
• Management and administration can be used
interchangeably
• Management is used in business enterprises and
administration is used in government and other
social institutions.

11. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION
AND MANAGEMENT
• Nature of work
• Type of function
• Scope
• Level of authority
• Nature of status
• Direction of human efforts
• Main functions
• Co-ordination and control