a contraction or shortening of the
word administration,
admin is used as a
noun to
denote the actions
involved in administering an
organization. The clerical and
executive decisions, actions and duties necessary to the
running of an
organization, such as originating and answering mail, typing, filing, dispatching, applying
policy and all those actions, large and small which make up an
organization.
Admin is also used to
denote the
action or
fact of keeping
auditor's reports, summary reports,
worksheets and other records related to an
auditing session. "He kept good
admin," meaning that his summary
report,
auditor's
report and
worksheets were
neat, exactly on pattern, in proper
sequence and easily understood as well as
complete. "His
admin was bad"; from the scribble and disorderly keeping of records of the
session while it was in progress one could not make out what had happened in the
session. You will also see the
word admin in connection with the three musts of a well-
run organization. It is said that its
ethics,
tech and
admin must be "in," which mean they must be properly done, orderly and effective. The
word derives from
minister, which means to serve.
Administer means to manage, govern, to apply or direct the application of
laws, or
discipline, to conduct or execute
religious offices, dispense
rights. It comes from the
Latin, administrare, to manage, carry out, accomplish, to attend, wait, serve. In modern
English, when they
use administration they mean
management or
running a
government or the
group that is in
charge of the
organization or the
state.
(LRH Def. Notes)