Business administration

Short description: Administration of a commercial enterprise

Business administration

Management of a business

Accounting

* Management accounting
* Financial accounting
* Financial audit

Business entities

* Corporate group
* Conglomerate
* Holding company
* Cooperative
* Corporation
* Joint-stock company
* Limited liability company
* Partnership
* Privately held company
* Sole proprietorship
* State-owned enterprise

Corporate governance

* Annual general meeting
* Board of directors
* Supervisory board
* Advisory board
* Audit committee

Corporate law

* Commercial law
* Constitutional documents
* Contract
* Corporate crime
* Corporate liability
* Insolvency law
* International trade law
* Mergers and acquisitions

Corporate title

* Chairman
* Chief business officer/Chief brand officer
* Chief executive officer/Chief operating officer
* Chief financial officer
* Chief human resources officer
* Chief information officer/Chief marketing officer
* Chief product officer/Chief technology officer

Economics

* Commodity
* Public economics
* Labour economics
* Development economics
* International economics
* Mixed economy
* Planned economy
* Econometrics
* Environmental economics
* Open economy
* Market economy
* Knowledge economy
* Microeconomics
* Macroeconomics
* Economic development
* Economic statistics

Finance

* Financial statement
* Insurance
* Factoring
* Cash conversion cycle
* Insider dealing
* Capital budgeting
* Commercial bank
* Derivative
* Financial statement analysis
* Financial risk
* Public finance
* Corporate finance
* Managerial finance
* International finance
* Liquidation
* Stock market
* Financial market
* Tax
* Financial institution
* Working capital
* Venture capital

Types of management

* Asset
* Brand
* Business intelligence
* Business development
* Capacity
* Change
* innovation
* Commercial
* marketing
* Communications
* Configuration
* Conflict
* Content
* Customer relationship
* Distributed
* Earned value
* Electronic business
* Enterprise resource planning
* management information system
* Financial
* Human resource
* development
* Incident
* Integrated
* Knowledge
* Materials
* Network
* administrator
* Office
* Operations
* services
* Performance
* Power
* Problem
* Process
* Product life-cycle
* Product
* Project
* Quality
* Records
* Resource
* Risk
* crisis
* Sales
* Security
* Service
* Strategic
* Supply chain
* Systems
* administrator
* Talent
* Technology

Organization

* Architecture
* Behavior
* Communication
* Culture
* Conflict
* Development
* Engineering
* Hierarchy
* Patterns
* Space
* Structure

Trade

* Business analysis
* Business ethics
* Business plan
* Business judgment rule
* Consumer behaviour
* Business operations
* International business
* Business model
* International trade
* Business process
* Business statistics

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Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise.[1] It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management and leadership, it also covers fields that include office building administration, accounting, finance, designing, development, quality assurance, data analysis, sales, project management, information-technology management, research and development, and marketing.

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 Academic degrees
* 2.1 Bachelor of Business Administration
* 2.2 Master of Business Administration
* 2.3 Doctor of Business Administration
* 2.4 PhD in Management
* 2.5 Doctor of Management
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Overview

The administration of a business includes the performance or management of business operations and decision-making, as well as the efficient organization of people and other resources to direct activities towards common goals and objectives. In general, "administration" refers to the broader management function, including the associated finance, personnel and MIS services.

Administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of routine office tasks,[2] usually internally oriented and reactive rather than proactive. Administrators, broadly speaking, engage in a common set of functions to meet an organization's goals. Henri Fayol (1841-1925) described these "functions" of the administrator as "the five elements of administration".[3] According to Fayol, the five functions of management are planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. Without proper business management a firm cannot utilize it's resources properly so, it is the most important term in running a business firm.[4]

## Academic degrees

### Bachelor of Business Administration

Main articles: Social:Bachelor of Business Administration and Finance:Bachelor of Commerce

The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA, B.B.A., BSBA, B.S.B.A., BS, B.S., or B.Sc.) or Bachelor of Commerce (Bcom. or BComm) is a bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration. The duration of the degree is four years in the United States and three years in Europe. The degree is designed to give a broad knowledge of the functional aspects of a company and their interconnection, while also allowing for specialization in a particular area. The degree also develops the student's practical, managerial and communication skills, and business decision-making capability to succeed in the competitive world. Many programs incorporate training and practical experience, in the form of case projects, presentations, internships, industrial visits, and interaction with experts from industry.

### Master of Business Administration

Main article: Social:Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration (MBA or M.B.A.) is a master's degree in business administration with a significant focus on management. The MBA degree originated in the United States in the early-20th century, when the nation industrialized and companies sought scientific approaches to management. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business such as accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, and operations in a manner most relevant to management analysis and strategy. Most programs also include elective courses.

### Doctor of Business Administration

Main article: Social:Doctor of Business Administration

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA, D.B.A., DrBA, or Dr.B.A.) is a research doctorate awarded on the basis of advanced study and research in the field of business administration. The D.B.A. is a terminal degree in business administration, and is equivalent to the Ph.D. in Business Administration.

### PhD in Management

The PhD in Management is the highest academic degree awarded in the study of business management. The degree is intended for those seeking academic research- and teaching-careers as faculty or professors in the study of management at business schools worldwide.

### Doctor of Management

Main article: Social:Doctor of Management

A newer form of a management doctorate is the Doctor of Management (D.M., D.Mgt., DBA, or DMan). It is a doctoral degree conferred upon an individual who is trained through advanced study and research in the applied science and professional practice of management. This doctorate has elements of both research and practice relative to social and managerial concerns within society and organizations.

## See also

* Outline of business administration
* Business economics
* Business informatics
* Business studies

## References

1. ↑ Compare: Thuis, Peter; Stuive, Rienk (2012). Business Administration. Routledge-Noordhoff International Editions (reprint ed.). Groningen: Routledge (published 2019). ISBN 9781000035889. https://books.google.com/books?id=E_vADwAAQBAJ. Retrieved 7 November 2020. "[...] business administration is the branch of science that deals with the organisation of and the context around businesses."
2. ↑ Farazmand, Ali (2009-06-23) (in en). Bureaucracy and Administration. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-1522-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=N3D4DpKDZq0C&q=Administration+can+refer+to+the+bureaucratic+or+operational+performance+of+routine+office+tasks&pg=PA241.
3. ↑ Golden Pryor, Mildred; Taneja, Sonia (2020-10-18). "Henri Fayol, practitioner and theoretician – revered and reviled". Journal of Management History 16 (4): 489–503. doi:10.1108/17511341011073960. https://doi.org/10.1108/17511341011073960.
4. ↑ Candoli, I. Carl; Hack, Walter G.; Ray, John R. (1991). "School Business Administration as a Subset of Generic Management". School business administration: a planning approach (4 ed.). Allyn and Bacon. p. 58. ISBN 9780205131396. https://books.google.com/books?id=Js2dAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

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Management

* Outline of business management
* Index of management articles

By type
of organization|

* Academic
* Association
* Business
* Restaurant
* Healthcare
* Military
* Public

By focus (within
an organization)|

| By scope|

| Strategic
(top-level)|

* Capability
* Change
* Communication
* Financial
* Innovation
* Performance
* Risk
* Systems

|

By component|

* Facility
* Product
* Product lifecycle
* Brand
* Program
* Project
* Construction

By activity or
department
managed|

| Line|

* Marketing
* Operations/production
* Process
* Quality
* Sales

|

Staff|

* Accounting
* Office
* Records

By aspect or
relationship|

* Customer relationship
* Engineering
* Logistics
* Perception
* Supply chain
* Talent

By problem|

* Conflict
* Crisis
* Stress

By resource|

* Environmental resource
* Human resources
* Information
* Information technology
* Knowledge
* Land
* Materials
* Skills
* Stock
* Technology
* Time

Management
positions|

* Interim
* Middle
* Senior

Methods
and approaches|

* Adhocracy
* Collaborative method
* Distributed
* Earned value management
* Evidence-based management
* Full Range of Leadership Model
* Management by objectives
* Management style
* Macromanagement
* Micromanagement
* Scientific management
* Social entrepreneurship
* Team building
* Virtual management

Management skills
and activities|

* Decision-making
* Forecasting
* Leadership

Pioneers and
scholars|

* Peter Drucker
* Eliyahu M. Goldratt
* Oliver E. Williamson

Education|

* Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering
* Business school
* Certified Business Manager
* Chartered Management Institute
* Critical management studies
* Degrees
* Bachelor of Business Administration
* Master of Business Administration
* PhD in management
* Organizational studies

Other|

* Administration
* Collaboration
* Corporate governance
* Executive compensation
* Management consulting
* Management control
* Management cybernetics
* Management development
* Management fad
* Management system
* Managerial economics
* Managerial psychology
* Managerialism
* Organization development
* Organizational behavior management
* Pointy-haired Boss
* Williamson's model of managerial discretion

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