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81 Administration and Management

Includes management planning and research.

Definition

Administration – The act of performing, or people who perform executive functions for an entity such as an institution or a business.

Management – Act or art of conducting, directing, supervising, or controlling the operation of a business, enterprise, or similar endeavor.

NASA Interest

Exhaustive Interest : Administration and management of NASA programs and the aerospace industrial activities.

Selective Interest : Administration and management techniques and assessment of technology applicable to aerospace research activities.

Negative Interest : Routine administration or management with no application to aerospace research activities.

 

Input Subjects of Specific Interest

  • administration
  • administrative planning
  • budgeting (management)
  • contract procurement
  • contract supervision
  • critical path method
  • decision making
  • knowledge management
  • management
  • management planning
  • management research
  • management tools
  • PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
  • program management
  • project management
  • research management
  • research planning
  • space commercialization (management)