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== Definitions ==

a contraction or shortening of the [[WORD|word]] [[ADMINISTRATION|administration]], [[ADMIN|admin]] is used as a noun to denote the actions involved in administering an [[ORGANIZATION|organization]]. The clerical and [[EXECUTIVE|executive]] decisions, actions and duties necessary to the running of an organization, such as originating and answering mail, typing, filing, dispatching, applying [[POLICY|policy]] and all those actions, large and small which make up an organization. Admin is also used to denote the [[ACTION|action]] or [[FACT|fact]] of keeping [[AUDITOR|auditor]]'s reports, summary reports, [[WORKSHEETS|worksheets]] and other records related to an [[AUDITING_SESSION|auditing session]]. "He kept good admin," meaning that his summary [[REPORT|report]], auditor's report and worksheets were neat, exactly on pattern, in proper [[SEQUENCE|sequence]] and easily understood as well as [[COMPLETE|complete]]. "His admin was bad"; from the scribble and disorderly keeping of records of the [[SESSION|session]] while it was in progress one could not make [[OUT|out]] what had happened in the session. You will also see the word admin in connection with the three musts of a well-[[RUN|run]] organization. It is said that its [[ETHICS|ethics]], [[TECH|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|Administer]] means to manage, govern, to apply or direct the application of [[LAWS|laws]], or discipline, to conduct or execute [[RELIGIOUS|religious]] [[OFFICES|offices]], dispense [[RIGHTS|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|management]] or running a [[GOVERNMENT|government]] or the [[GROUP|group]] that is in [[CHARGE|charge]] of the organization or the [[STATE|state]].
''(LRH Def. Notes)''