THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF UNDERSTANDING THE ESSENCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT

In the article the essence of administrative management as an economic category is considered. Found that the current interpretation of this concept in Western Europe and Ukraine are different. Administrative management as a scientific concept originated in the late nineteenth century in the United States and Europe as a way of managing government agencies and organizations. However, in the process of evolution of this concept, administrative management is transformed into type of management activity in business. According to the analysis of domestic publications, in Ukraine, mainly administrative management is perceived as public administration, and its objects are employees and processes in government agencies and organizations. The analysis of modern publications and observation of the activities of enterprises made it possible to make the statement about necessity of implementation the principles of administrative management for business representatives. There are three main approaches to understanding the essence of administrative management: as a school of management, as public administration, as a special type of management in commercial organizations. It was found that Western scientific thought understands administrative management as the process of managing information through people or as a general management of the organization. The existing interpretations of administrative management for commercial organizations in domestic researches are grouped in two types: 1) as management at the institutional level; 2) as general management of the organization. As a result of the analysis, the conclusion that the essence of administrative management for business and government agencies is different is made. It is noted that administrative processes are typical for auxiliary (support) departments of enterprises. It is proposed to identify administrative management in the profitable organizations as management of the processes in auxiliary departments to achieve the basic purposes of the enterprise and maintenance of uninterrupted functioning of operational area. The essence of administrative managing for public institutions is much broader. It is proposed to define it as any managing in public institutions, aimed at both its internal environment and society.