Management and Administration can be confused sometime. As an administrator these will help you know your basic Job description.
If you are :
Setting organizational objectives based on available resources
Formulating plans and policies for the achievement of the set objectives
Defining and Forecasting especially for human and material resources in form of budget.
Initiate work activities and defining specific tasks to be performed to achieve objectives
Setting up controls and standard of measurement to evaluate human activities leading to achievement of the objective
Coordinating and integrating peoples effort and material resources to accomplish set objectives
Providing necessary structure and procedure to enhance people's action and activities
Defining the type of leadership and authority necessary to accomplish the objective
Providing solutions to remedial actions to be taken if objective are yet to be met
Providing incentives, motivations and encouragement for better performance
If you do all the above then your are involved in Management and not administration.
You are a part of the management
Management set the vision, mission statement. It is broader in nature.
If you are:
Implementing plans, policies, programs after formulation
Using scarce resources available to achieve the stated goals
Coordinating human efforts and material resources to accomplish educational goals
Describing the specific duties and responsibilities to be performed by different officers
Training staff for effective performance on the job
Establishing policies and procedures, rules and regulations guiding organizational behaviour
Solving problems and complaints that may inhibit process of achieving the stated objectives
Supervising and evaluating activities based on standard measurement
Communicating and set objectives and work activities required fir achieving the goals
Promoting and rewarding good performance amongst staff.
Then, you are administering, you are an administrator.
Administration set out smaller goals to carry out mission statement
Management cannot survive without administration.
Both are inseparable.
Well, If can do administration perfectly well, you can become a part of the management someday.
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