Chapter 5 Flashcards
refers to actions which are concerned with coordinating and managing an organizations or organization’s work.
Administration
The Basic Functions of Administration
a. Planning
b. Organizing
c. Directing
d. Controlling
a person who makes sure an organization is running at full capacity
Administrator
directs the activities of other persons;
Administrator
undertakes the responsibility for achieving certain objectives through these efforts
Administrator
the organization leaders who keep operations running smoothly.
Administrative Professionals
TYPICAL ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES
- Vacations
- Leaves of Absence
- Busy Seasons and Special Projects
- The Unexpected Loss of an Employee or Personnel
The Fourteen Managerial Concepts are:
- Division of Work
- Authority
- Discipline:
- Unity of Command
- Unity of Direction
- Subordination of Individual Interests to the General Interest
- Remuneration of Personnel
- Centralization
- Scalar Chain:
- Order
- Equity
- Stability of Tenure of Personnel
- Initiative
- Esprit de Corps:
This principle the same as Adam Smith’s Division of labor
Division of Work
Manager must be able to give the order. Authority gives this right.
Authority
Employees must obey and respect the rules and regulations which governs the organization.
Discipline
Every employee should receive order or direction from only one immediate superior
Unity of Command
Each group of the organization should be direction by one manager using one plan
Unity of Direction
The management must see that the aims of the businesses are always supreme.
Subordination of Individual Interests to the General Interest
The labors must be paid a reasonable salary for their work.
Remuneration of Personnel
The process of transforming assigning decision making authority to a higher level of an organizational hierarchy, it is centralization that should follow this.
Centralization