The phrase "administrative thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a task, matter, or issue related to administration or management.
Example: "We need to address that administrative thing before moving forward with the project."
Alternatives: "administrative matter" or "administrative task".
It is a financial and administrative thing, which makes this port at the mouth of the Weser River one of the odder spots in the republic.
I am not involved with any sort of administrative thing with West Indies cricket, and I never will be again – unless I see drastic changes.
Reluctant to expand on whether he agrees with the rationale of calling everyone back for repeat assessments, which is central to the government's policy, he says: "It will be another administrative thing that I need to do.
I'm guessing Ubi isn't investing hundreds of millions in sets, property, cameras, and such, and this is really more of an administrative thing.
Just as much time is spent emailing and pitching and invoicing and doing the administrative thing that sometimes you feel like an office grunt, even as you are working from your bed in fuzzy pink pajamas.
After all the planning, the reviews, the lobbying for funding, and all the administrative things, finally, the experiment is running.
"They are saying they want to save money by doing administrative things together and buying together, but if they do not appear responsive to the local community, they're dead," he added.
River Plate hired lawyers to represent Brunati in Brazil and help with the myriad of legal and administrative things that needed to be sorted out: from retrieving her husband's possessions, to repatriating his body, as well as initiating criminal proceedings on her behalf.
This "discomfort", Chipperfield says, was what made the BBC's operation unique: "We said, this is a fascinating institution because it does mundane, administrative things at desks, it does more creative things at desks, it does creative things inside sound-proof boxes, and if you're an accountant, you don't need to be part of this but wouldn't it be nicer if you were part of it?
As time goes on, most established scientists find themselves spending less time experimenting at the bench and more time doing administrative things like chasing funding.
Of course, boards do lots of other administrative things, like approve stock options for employees, leases, large agreements, etc., but this post focuses on the non-administrative time spent in a board meeting.
