Administrative
adjective
Related to the tasks and organization of running a business, government, etc.
He worked in an administrative position in the government.
Often appears as...
- administrative duties
- administrative tasks
adjective
Involving the work of maintaining, organizing and managing.
He has administrative access to the computer system.
Often appears as...
- administrative rights
- administrative privileges
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Technical
adjective
Of or relating to administering, especially the management of a government or large institution.
The administrative court will review the decision.
Often appears as...
- administrative law
- administrative court
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Related to the tasks and organization of running a business, government, etc.
He worked in an administrative position in the government.
Often appears as...
- administrative duties
- administrative tasks
adjective
Involving the work of maintaining, organizing and managing.
He has administrative access to the computer system.
Often appears as...
- administrative rights
- administrative privileges
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Of or relating to administering, especially the management of a government or large institution.
The administrative court will review the decision.
Often appears as...
- administrative law
- administrative court
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Setting
Often used in professional environments to describe job roles focused on organizing operations.
She holds an administrative role at the corporation.
Pro Tip 2/3Behind-the-Scenes
Implies tasks that support the main functions of a group but are not usually visible to outsiders.
Administrative duties keep the company running smoothly.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential Tasks
Refers to crucial but often overlooked responsibilities necessary for an organization's success.
Organizing files is an administrative task that requires attention to detail.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Setting
Often used in professional environments to describe job roles focused on organizing operations.
She holds an administrative role at the corporation.
Pro Tip 2/3Behind-the-Scenes
Implies tasks that support the main functions of a group but are not usually visible to outsiders.
Administrative duties keep the company running smoothly.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential Tasks
Refers to crucial but often overlooked responsibilities necessary for an organization's success.
Organizing files is an administrative task that requires attention to detail.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Setting
Often used in professional environments to describe job roles focused on organizing operations.
She holds an administrative role at the corporation.
Pro Tip 2/3Behind-the-Scenes
Implies tasks that support the main functions of a group but are not usually visible to outsiders.
Administrative duties keep the company running smoothly.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential Tasks
Refers to crucial but often overlooked responsibilities necessary for an organization's success.
Organizing files is an administrative task that requires attention to detail.
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bureaucraticdirectorialexecutivemanagerialministerialorganizationalregulatorysupervisory
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Andreas Schleicher: Use...
Now the challenge is to enable user-generated wisdom. High performers have moved on from professional or from administrative forms of accountability and control -- sort of, how do you check whether people do what they're supposed to do in education -- to professional forms of work organization.
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The most successful...
spent most of their time ashore, sometimes sabotaging their own vessels to avoid battle at sea. With little to stop them, the pirates were able to mount successful —and often brutal— raids on garrisons, villages, and markets throughout the coast. Using her administrative talents,
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A brie(f) history of...
In the densely populated city-states of Mesopotamia, cheese became a staple of culinary and religious life. Some of the earliest known writing includes administrative records of cheese quotas, listing a variety of cheeses for different rituals and populations across Mesopotamia.
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diseases come from and we can put a circle around them administrative lee as we're doing and the next time I talk to this group I hope I'll have a chance to talk about these amazing new organizations that are not governmental that our NGO based that are helping to
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What is a gig economy?
of the entrepreneurial and administrative stuff so you can focus on the work. But there are some hidden costs to consider. First, your life may not be as flexible as you think. For example, if you're a rideshare driver, you get to choose when to work, but not
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Paul Romer: Why the...
In some cases this will involve a delegation of responsibility, a delegation of control from one country to another to take over certain kinds of administrative responsibilities. Now, when I say that, some of you are starting to think,
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See Potala Palace, the...
pay their respects potala is divided into two parts the Red Palace which is for religious practice and the white palace for administrative use visitors to potala have to go with a tour group and obtain a special permit the heritage
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How motivation can fix...
Now, resources like nurses are actually controlled by administrative officers who the doctors report to. And while the doctors were now motivated, the administrative officers simply weren't motivated enough to help the doctors.
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The race to decode a...
However, he did make two accurate the tablets were administrative records, and the script was a syllabary, where each symbol represented both a consonant and a vowel, mixed with characters that each represented a whole word.
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Who are you, really? The...
Or it could be your mom. And you'd been acting out of character. These are free traits. You're very agreeable, but you act disagreeably in order to break down those barriers of administrative torpor in the hospital,
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Andreas Schleicher: Use...
Now the challenge is to enable user-generated wisdom. High performers have moved on from professional or from administrative forms of accountability and control -- sort of, how do you check whether people do what they're supposed to do in education -- to professional forms of work organization.
Video examples
The most successful...
spent most of their time ashore, sometimes sabotaging their own vessels to avoid battle at sea. With little to stop them, the pirates were able to mount successful —and often brutal— raids on garrisons, villages, and markets throughout the coast. Using her administrative talents,
Video examples
A brie(f) history of...
In the densely populated city-states of Mesopotamia, cheese became a staple of culinary and religious life. Some of the earliest known writing includes administrative records of cheese quotas, listing a variety of cheeses for different rituals and populations across Mesopotamia.
Video examples
Good news about...
diseases come from and we can put a circle around them administrative lee as we're doing and the next time I talk to this group I hope I'll have a chance to talk about these amazing new organizations that are not governmental that our NGO based that are helping to
Video examples
What is a gig economy?
of the entrepreneurial and administrative stuff so you can focus on the work. But there are some hidden costs to consider. First, your life may not be as flexible as you think. For example, if you're a rideshare driver, you get to choose when to work, but not
Video examples
Paul Romer: Why the...
In some cases this will involve a delegation of responsibility, a delegation of control from one country to another to take over certain kinds of administrative responsibilities. Now, when I say that, some of you are starting to think,
Video examples
See Potala Palace, the...
pay their respects potala is divided into two parts the Red Palace which is for religious practice and the white palace for administrative use visitors to potala have to go with a tour group and obtain a special permit the heritage
Video examples
How motivation can fix...
Now, resources like nurses are actually controlled by administrative officers who the doctors report to. And while the doctors were now motivated, the administrative officers simply weren't motivated enough to help the doctors.
Video examples
The race to decode a...
However, he did make two accurate the tablets were administrative records, and the script was a syllabary, where each symbol represented both a consonant and a vowel, mixed with characters that each represented a whole word.
Video examples
Who are you, really? The...
Or it could be your mom. And you'd been acting out of character. These are free traits. You're very agreeable, but you act disagreeably in order to break down those barriers of administrative torpor in the hospital,
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
In many cases, in order to protect organizations, administrators often move abusers around, discount victim statements, stonewall victims in administrative processes, and/or offer legal settlements with non-disclosure agreements to victims with the express intent of protecting the institution and ridding themselves of the victim.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more than elsewhere, there's layer after layer of management - a kind of economic waste, but useful for control and domination. And the same is true in universities.
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John Bates Clark
American Economist
We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot let the laws become a dead letter through vagueness. In this view it is clear that an administrative commission can render invaluable service.
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Ferdinand Lassalle
German Politician
But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
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Sol Wachtler
American Judge
You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer.
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Parker Conrad
American Businessman
If you move or get married, that has to be changed with HR, payroll, medical insurance, life insurance, etc. It is a huge administrative headache that requires a full-time staff.
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Barack Obama
American President
I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
The truth is that the D.C. Circuit is an admirably nonideological court that applies principles of administrative law evenhandedly.
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Jimmy Wales
American Businessman
I'm not real good at the administrative part of running a company.
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Denis Norden
English Writer
Frank liked administrative work and was good at it.
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
In many cases, in order to protect organizations, administrators often move abusers around, discount victim statements, stonewall victims in administrative processes, and/or offer legal settlements with non-disclosure agreements to victims with the express intent of protecting the institution and ridding themselves of the victim.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more than elsewhere, there's layer after layer of management - a kind of economic waste, but useful for control and domination. And the same is true in universities.
Quote examples
John Bates Clark
American Economist
We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot let the laws become a dead letter through vagueness. In this view it is clear that an administrative commission can render invaluable service.
Quote examples
Ferdinand Lassalle
German Politician
But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
Quote examples
Sol Wachtler
American Judge
You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer.
Quote examples
Parker Conrad
American Businessman
If you move or get married, that has to be changed with HR, payroll, medical insurance, life insurance, etc. It is a huge administrative headache that requires a full-time staff.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.
Quote examples
Eugene Scalia
American Politician
The truth is that the D.C. Circuit is an admirably nonideological court that applies principles of administrative law evenhandedly.
Quote examples
Jimmy Wales
American Businessman
I'm not real good at the administrative part of running a company.
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Denis Norden
English Writer
Frank liked administrative work and was good at it.
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