administration

(noun)

The act of administering; the government of public affairs; service rendered or duties assumed in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

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Examples of administration in the following topics:

  • Digital Surveys

    • The administrator has greater flexibility in displaying questions.
    • It is easier to correct errors on an online questionnaire, since the administrator does not have to reprint and redistribute all the questionnaires.

  • Consumer Products

    • These products may fall under the purview of agencies such as the US Food and Drug Administration, the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the US Department of Agriculture, the US Department of Transportation, the US Environment Protection Agency, the US Federal Aviation Administration, and the US Coast Guard.

  • The Gap Model

    • For instance – hotel administrators may think guests want better food or in-house restaurant facilities, but guests may be more concerned with the responsiveness of the staff or the cleanliness of their rooms.
    • An example here would be that hospital administrators may tell the nurse to respond to a request ‘fast', but may not specify ‘how fast'.
    • Hotel administrators may think guests want better food or in-house restaurant facilities, but guests may be more concerned with the responsiveness of the staff.

  • Avoiding Potential Fraud

    • Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors, or IT administrators

  • Measuring Success

    • Expense Analysis: The key ratio to watch in this area is usually the "marketing expense to sales ratio. " This may be broken down into elements including advertising to sales and sales administration to sales.

  • Support and Help

    • Moreover, as more people telecommute from home and work from remote locations, internal information technology (IT) administrators must spend more time troubleshooting and fixing employees' problems.

  • Changes in Pricing

    • However, global marketers must be prepared to deal with not only cultural expectations of pricing, but also external variables including trade tariffs, political and economic fluctuations, and the administrative or legal criteria of specific jurisdictions.

  • Shaping Public Policy and Educating Consumers

    • Public policy, as government action, is generally known as the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs.

  • Other Inputs to Pricing Decisions

    • During World War I, the United States Food Administration enforced price controls on food.

  • Proactive Representatives

    • The really bad ones are poor at administration, too.