business administration

Running an organization

Business administration is the management of a company or organization—overseeing operations, finances, personnel, and strategy.

The term often appears in academic contexts: a degree in business administration, an MBA (Master of Business Administration).

Someone studying business administration learns to run organizations efficiently: She earned her bachelor's in business administration before joining the startup.

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academic/professional discipline

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Creative visual disciplines

philosophy · engineering · liberal arts · law · humanities

organizational approach

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Complete disorder and confusion

disorganization · anarchy · mismanagement · laissez-faire · improvisation

economic orientation

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Managing government agency operations

nonprofit management · government service · charitable work · public service · civil service

Family

business, ministry, administration, administrator, administer, ministers, businesses, businessperson, busied

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G