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fraserpan  +  230104 Mon, 29 May 06 09:30 AM
What's the difference between words like director, administrator, manager, etc.? Thanks!
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Grammar Geek  +  230167 Mon, 29 May 06 04:14 PM

Titles are funny - they can mean whatever the person assigning them means. In a small company, you may have a lot of "vice presidents" to help people feel good about their jobs if there isn't a lot of pay. Sort of silly if you ask me. But anyway...

Usually a manager is simply in charge of people or a project (or both). Usually, a director is higher than a manager. Also, non-profit organizations are usually headed by a director, in which case, it's a higher-level position than the title would indicate.

Administrator can mean a lot of things too. Some towns will have a town administrator, which is like what people think of as a mayor, but the administrator actually does the work.

In a typical (American) company, you may have people who report to supervisors, who report to managers, who report to directors, who report to vice presidents, who report to the president. Sometimes there are senior vice presidents between the VPs and the president. Sometimes there are senior managers who are between the managers and the directors. Sometimes "professional" or "white collar" employees will report directly to a manager, and there are no supervisors. It just depends.

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Anonymous, 2 yr 258 days ago
it's just a way to show hierarchy and responsiblity level in an organization. usually Director is more senior than a Manager. And an administrator is someone who administers small office operations and paper work...
Anonymous, 1 yr 140 days ago
Administrator - responsible person

A manager will manage a group of workers.

There may be a senior manager who manages the managers.

A director will manage the senior managers or managers.

A vice president or department head will manage a group of directors.

A senior vice president or executive vice president will manage other VPs.

Then you will have a president or chief executive officer (CEO) on the top.

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