Being in economics was a weird thing for me, having a lot of business school friends. Economics is an abstraction and application of the things going on in business school. It has a very different history that has led to a very separate path, but its motives are very much the same.
The econ academics (and their friends) had a lot to say about Tocqueville. He has had a lot to do (this is coming out of my ass, but I'm pretty sure it's true) with how we think about management (aka applied sociology). (I'm sure there's some prime mover before that I'm not aware of [digression!]) His travels in America led to a lot of observations we still enjoy talking about.
Management is the application of technologies to human labor in order to increase effectiveness. I am told management derives from the Latin manus which means hand, the original primate technology. In going back and reconsidering management, it's trying to eat up all the responsibilities it can. Turning into technocracy.
Administration (from Latin administratio - to give service) is what a majority of our "managers" do. It's a very useful thing in getting what you need done, but it's ultimately a question of knowledge and experience. Making sure the machine keeps running.
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