...Office Administration Office Administration The role of an office administrator is to manage and lead the team of the admin staff. It is important that they are able to delegate the tasks for each member of the team and that the level of work given is appropriate to the team member. The office administrator in the DanIndia Furniture Ltd will be involved with the smooth running of the office and ensure every department is working according to company practices. Information Management The administration is a corporate body specifically charged with making resources productive, reflects the essential spirit of the modern era, it is essential and this explains why once established grew so rapidly and so little opposition. The information administration seeks to achieve goals through people, using techniques within DanIndia. She is the key subsystem within an organizational system. Within the information administration is: • Performance of various interpersonal roles, information and decision. For decision-making process of information flow is essential. This process involves the knowledge of past, future estimates and regular feedback regarding the current activity. The task of management is to implement this information-decision system to coordinate efforts and maintain n dynamic equilibrium. • Coordination of human, material and financial resources for effective and efficient achievement of organizational objectives. • Value of the organization with its...
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...Business Administration Business Administration is the stepping stone, the foundation, and the pillar, that’s needed to start a business. It branches to other subjects needed for business, such as business planning, marketing, business ethics, and business law. Business Administration is indeed the process of managing EVERY aspect of a business for growth and/or stability of that business. In other words, it’s the very heart of a business. You might ask yourself “what is business administration?” It’s ok; I asked myself that same question when starting my quest to own and manage my own business. Business Administration is the process of managing EVERY aspect of a business in order for it to maintain its growth or stability, depending on the overall goal of the owner or owners (Black). A lot of companies have a team of dedicated business administrators who work to ensure the growth and stability of the company or business. The man that sits atop of the entire administration is the CEO (chief executive officer) or president of the company. In most cases those two titles represent two different people. The CEO usually has a number of vice presidents under him, who in turn have teams for management, marketing, and research and development. I’d say that Business Administration is the foundation for owning and managing a business. There are aspects of Business Administration to learn if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, such as how to make a business plan, knowing about...
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...Brandy Fontenot BADM 218-WH Assignment #3 April 21, 2011 Imagine you are the marketing manager for a US manufacturer of disposable diapers. Your firm is considering entering the Brazilian market. Your CEO believes the advertising message that has been effective in the United States will suffice in Brazil. Outline some possible objections to this. Your CEO also believes that the pricing decisions in Brazil can be delegated to local managers. Why might she be wrong? The use of a uniform advertising message offers a number of advantages. However, the difference in customer perceptions and response patterns across the country of Brazil and their culture, as well as media availability and government regulations are major barriers to use a standardized advertising message. With the advanced technological developments, adaption of advertising appeals to different languages. Two major developments are that television can have audio channels in two languages and Internet messages can be automatically translated. The development of visual and verbal advertising that works effectively in multiple countries poses major creative challenges. We could develop a uniform image for the company with consistent visual images and the corporate logo, with a modified advertising message providing information tailored to the Brazilian market and their culture. Accommodating the perception of the culture of Brazil will be our most challenging objective. Allowing local managers...
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...fairness and effectiveness. This can only be achieved if the bureaucrats are politically neutral, as politics extends further than core party politics, to relationships, religion, blood ties and ethnic groups. Politics leads to partiality, favoritism, appointment of unqualified bureaucrats and inaccessibility of these officials by the general populace, and corruption. Therefore an efficient, responsive, fair and efficient bureaucracy is based on political neutrality. Nevertheless, this has remained only as a utopia as bureaucracy and politics have proved to be inseparable and bureaucrats have proved to have remained political. Van Riper 1984, asserted that “the field of administration is a field of business. It is removed from the hurry and strife of politics,” Dwight Waldo states that “administration should not be driven by partisan patronage and electoral politics” This stands to mean that, as a business field, it should act business like, which involves impartiality and efficiency .This aspect can be paralleled to the ministry of education. Even though the bureaucrats are stationed in Harare, one can see that the same education received in Harare and that received in Binga is the same, regardless of the difference in ethical groups and maybe political affiliations. The ministry recently distributed books fairly around the country in every school. This shows high professionalism that is impartial, effective, efficient and responsive, stimulated by political neutrality. ...
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...Since the time of Max Weber and his sociological research on bureaucracy during the Pre-World War I era, public administration has played a major role in the ever shifting relationship between the individual and the community. This altered our essential concepts of the public and private monarchy within social life during the twentieth century. In the twenty-first century, the contemporary liberal democratic impulse towards both an unfettered individualism and a strong restricted civic community or culture has developed major challenges to Weber’s ‘modern’ approach to public administration. From former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s declaration that “the era of big government is over” in 1995, to recent proclamations within international theories of a new world order cemented by a ‘global’ civil society, ‘bureaucracy’, as the foundation of the contemporary nation-state, has been challenged on a theoretical and practical level. It is from this exemplar that democratic administration theory has largely emerged. Responding to the new challenges of traditional bureaucracy and their subsequent ‘hollowing out of the State’ as an effective institution, democratic administration theory has attempted to construct a new basis of administrative rule in which both the ‘expert’ and ‘client’ becomes leveled in their discourse through democratic and even radical reform of the administrative process itself. This newfound principle of political rule is in stark contrast to Max Weber’s...
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...events that lead up to the explosion. Martin states: “One hundred and eleven men were killed in that explosion. Killed needlessly, for almost everybody concerned had known for months, even years, that the mine was dangerous. Yet nobody had done anything effective about it” (Stillman 31). Initially, the thought and idea that a community would allow such a horrific event to occur that could have been prevented is terrifying and somewhat startling. Martin uses his case study to explore various questions regarding this mine disaster as well as the background and other potential issues surrounding the explosion. Purpose The overall goal of this case study is to place an emphasis on how dependent modern day society is on public administration to handle chaotic or unexpected situations. In exploring various aspects of this catastrophe, Martin explores the following: (1). A coal company sensitive only to profit incentives. (2). State regulatory agencies inadequately enforcing mine safety legislation. (3). Federal officials and mine unions complacent about a growing problem. (4). The miners incapable of protecting themselves against the impending disaster. Ultimately, “Modern society depends on the proper functioning of unseen administrative arrangements--- for safeguarding our environment; for protecting the purity of our food;...
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...Authors’ name Instructor Name Subject Date Public Administration Public administration is to implement law. In the American system, authority flows from the people to those they vote to govern them. While a legislature passes a law and an executive signs it, the law does not implement itself. That is the task the legislature delegates to the administrator, and it is this chain of authority, flowing from the people through elected institutions to the public administrator, that makes public administration distinctively public. Faithful execution of these laws is the highest calling of public administrators and the core of administrative accountability. The Nature of Knowledge in Public Administration Public administration refers to two distinguishable but intimately related activities: (1) a professional practice (profession, occupation, field of activity), and (2) an academic field which seeks to understand, extend, criticize, and improve that professional practice as well as to train individuals for that practice. The simple meaning of the term is quite direct: it refers on the one hand to the administration or management of matters which have mainly to do with the society, polity, and its subparts which are not fundamentally private, familial, commercial, or characteristic, and on the other hand to the well-organized study of such matters. In this simplest meaning, public administration has to do with supervision the realm of governmental and other...
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...To pursue a master's in business administration Gary M. Newsome MGT/521 August 17, 2010 Stephanie Jackson To pursue a master's in business administration Many people set goals in life with a mindset of accomplishing these goals, and there is no more important goal than achieving a higher degree in education. It always has been my ultimate goal to achieve a master’s in business administration (MBA), but because of the time constraints and long deployments of military service, attending an institution of higher education for an MBA was out of the question. After 30 years of military service and beyond the age of 50, there is no better time to conquer my dreams and achieve my personal goal in obtaining my MBA. This accomplishment will open new a new path toward venturing into another outstanding career. The value of higher education is an important factor for advancement. The opportunity to excel would be the primary reason to achieve this goal while gaining the skills, and knowledge, of management. A position of increased responsibility requires much knowledge to be successful and a company, or business, may fail without these credentials. Mintzberg stated that “managers are important people who are supposed to sit above others, removed and disconnected from the work of making products and selling services. The higher they go, the more important they are, so that on reaching the top, becoming Chief Executive Officer; they are the corporation even if they arrived yesterday...
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...Administration on Aging The Older Americans Act was established in 1965 by Congress, then the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) was established, this state agency transmits the social services need of older individuals. This Act is considered to be the best way to support the distributing of social services of the aging population. The role of this agency is to help older individuals to continue maximum independence the community, in the privacy of their own homes and continue to improve care for weak elderly individuals. Congress authorized selected programs to acknowledge the needs of our older population. This Act enables seven multiple service programs that are formula-based and discretionary grants. Each program is administrated on a federal level by the AoA, except for Title V which is the community service opportunities program for seniors, this program is administered by the U.S. (DoL) Department of Labor. The Federal funding level is $1.9 billion. 71% of funding supports Title III, the state and community grants for multiple programs. And the remaining funds support Title V program which are grants for Native American organizations, elder rights protection activities, and a variety of support activities Title I- Works toward improving the lives and income of older individuals. Title II- focuses on the long term health service and the helps to support older individuals independently in their communities and homes, to avoid being placed in a nursing facility Title...
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...ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT “AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS” Lars Kolvereid*, Tatiana Iakovleva**, Jill Kickul*** * Bodø Graduate School of Business, lars.kolvereid@hibo.no ** Nordland Research Institute, Bode, Norway, Iakovleva@nforsk.no *** Professor, Director Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship, NYU – Stern School of Business kickuljr@muohio.edu AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS Lars Kolvereid, Tatiana Iakovleva, Jill Kickul Director, Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship NYU – Stern School of Business Acknowledgments: Dr. Bjørn Willy Åmo, Bode Graduate School of Business (Norway) ; Dr. Anatoliy Steshin, Baltic State Technical University, St. Petersburg (Russia); Administration of the Helsinki School of Economics (Finland). Caen 2008 Science to Market Insert Larger Model for Future Research Intentions Caen 2008 Science to Market Entrepreneurial Intentions Research – Guided By: (1) Shapero & Sokol’s (1982) model of the entrepreneurial event (SEE); (2) Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behaviour (TPB) Intentions Caen 2008 Science to Market SEE Focus on Entrepreneurial Event: Start-Up or Self Employment Desirability – attractiveness of starting a business Feasibility – degree to which the individual feels capable of starting a business Propensity to act – personal disposition to act on one’s decisions Intentions Caen 2008 Science to Market TPB – Behavioural Intentions ...
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...Public administration refers to the officials, institutions and processes involved with implementing the laws, rules and policies passed by legislatures and executive. It was originally a branch of political science, but public administration has developed into a field of study of its own during the 20th century, thanks in part to groundbreaking writings by early scholars in the field. These classic works laid the foundation for a new discipline that combines academic study with professional training for people interested in government careers. In public administration the organizational success largely depends on its structure and leadership. Over the years many theories have been developed regarding the structure of organizations. I will be focusing on Fredrick Taylor and Adam Smith. These theorists provided different models of organizational structural theories. Frederick Taylor was considered to be the father of modern efficiency model. Around early 1900's, he formalized the principles of Scientific Management and developed a set of ideas designed focusing on the individual to help maximize efficiency. His main idea was that every job could be done in a scientific method which maximizes profit. He also believed that workers are lazy and their rational thought made them maximize their own utility. Taylor states that Management and not workers are to develop a science for every job, which replaces the old rule of thumb method.(Diprete,1991) In order to do that,...
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...Woodrow Wilson defines public administration as the detailed and systematic application of law. While another definition emphasizes policy execution, policy formation and administrative responsibility citing that the goal of administrative responsibility is to administer programs efficiently and ensure that both the process and its results are accountable to elected officials, and ultimately, to the people. My view, public administration is bureaucracy in action. It is the coordination and advancement of policies so that the government can function effectively. It is also concerned with government organization, the many officials, both elected and unelected, public servants and administrators to be formally responsible for their conduct and behavior while they sit in office, at all levels of government. Public Administration is the translation of politics into reality for the citizens to see. Nothing is more central in thinking about public administration than the nature and interrelation of politics and administration. There are a variety of modern empirical studies and research that public administration and politics will always be intertwined one way or another. Separating politics and administration is conceivable only to a certain extent, partly because governing politicians must, in some way, be able to develop an administrative mechanism to create the best possible conditions to ensure the effecting of policies. Appleby contended that it is impossible...
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...Fundamentals of Public Administration: “Public Office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must at all times, be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency; act with patriotism and justice and lead modest life. ( Sec 1, Article XI of 1987 Philippines Constitution). How can we show our commitment to public interest? Base on the article of public servant in the Commission on election. Public Office is a public trust , therefore I am bound to commit myself as a public servant to obey due diligence of a good mother of the family in the exercise of my duty as election officer . My decision should be guided well on how to use the resources and powers which should be used for the betterment of the community and for the Firstly, dedication to work is very important and this will help me decide on how to work efficiently by organizing the agenda and work plans for the day so that there would be a smooth flow of output in the accomplishment to whatever reports needed. Secondly, by using justly the knowledge and experiences in the assigned work in the office, sometimes it counts when there is a devotion and dedication in the assigned task . Thirdly, honesty is the best policy , especially with the disposition of office supplies and funds in the Office, my duty is to dispose it properly and all accounted for and recycle some office supplies . Lastly, by exercising the cost-effective way to use the...
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...Public administration is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal... is to advance management and policies so that government can function." Some of the various definitions which have been offered for the term are: "the management of public programs"; the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day"; and "the study of government decision making, the analysis of the policies themselves, the various inputs that have produced them, and the inputs necessary to produce alternative policies." Public administration is "centrally concerned with the organization of government policies and programmes as well as the behavior of officials (usually non-elected) formally responsible for their conduct"[6] Many unelected public servants can be considered to be public administrators, including heads of city, county, regional, state and federal departments such as municipal budget directors, human resources (H.R.) administrators, city managers, census managers, state mental health directors, and cabinet secretaries. Public administrators are public servants working in public departments and agencies, at all levels of government. In the US, civil servants and academics such as Woodrow Wilson promoted American civil service reform in the 1880s, moving public administration into academia...
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...Name Professor Course Class Date Public Administration Question 1 Heclo’s concept of Issue networks states that government policies emerge from an interaction of a large number of participants who have varied degree of dependence and commitment on each other. The issue networks is the opposite of the Iron triangle theory. According to (Stillman 408), the Iron triangle is the interaction among the elected members of Congress, career bureaucrats and the interest groups. The iron triangle proposes that policies are made when the Congress passes favorable legislations; which are to be implemented by the bureaucrats and then supported by the special interest groups. In the Issue networks, the primary interest of the participants is either emotional or intellectual. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was initially slated to feed malnourished school children whistle supporting the farmers. However, in the 1990s, the program was transformed to an initiative to promoting sound nutrition among the youth. This transformation process is what is referred to as “reinvention” (Stillman 410). To implement this program, there has to be interplay between political and technocratic interests. During the reinvention, several health and consumer advocates came out to support the change while some were against. The operation of this policy is a complex one involving several interest groups, consumer advocacy groups and professional associations. The system starts with the legislations...
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