what's the differience between Manage and Administrate?

[wbpluto]

i'm a Chinsese. In Chinsese language,"Manage" and "Administrate" expressing as a same word "管理", so most people can not differentiate them..in some software, that shows "Managing and Administrating",,and puzzles us..

and threre are other word such as "Security" and "Safety" express as one word "安全"..

SO,please tell me what is the differience of two pair of words.. THX.

[LLXX]

They are essentially identical. English just has more words for the same thing.

Edited November 17, 2006 by LLXX

[Guest NukaCola]

Manage is not a fully indentical to Administrate...

If you administrating - you have more power and rights.

Well its really hard to explain, since English is not my native... but anyway...

Managing is UNDER Administrating

something like this

[Spooky]

Administrate means (according to the dictionary) (and briefly in plain english); is performing the act or process of administering, as in, the execution of duties.

An administrator performs the act but doesn't make policy, only execues or applies the policies.

Manage (according to the dictionary) (and briefly in plain english); is to handle or direct with a degree of skill. To exercise executive, administrative, supervisory direction of a business.

A manager for example carries out the excutive, administrative, or supervisory, policies passed down to him/her in a manner that achieves the desired outcome. Like a store manager oversees the employees and ensures company policy is carried out.

To put things into context: the policy makers establish the policy - the administrator applies the policy (passes them down to the manager), and the manager carries out the policy.

Kind of almost the same but different, but close enough to be almost the same. Most times they are interchangeable. The key difference being the skill level. The manager is generally closer to the activity to which the policies will be applied so they need a larger degree of skill to understand how the policy fits into the activity picture and where it needs to be applied so they can be applied in the most effective manner. On the other hand, the administrator is generally not that close to the action but wants the policies applied. The administrator generally over sees many parts of the same entity and relies on the manager at each part to get the job done. Sort of like a regional manager oversees the managers at different locations.