The Difference Between Administrative Management and Professional Administration
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATORS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS-GHANA
POST EXPERIENCE QUALFYING PROGRAMME
SUBJECT: PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATION
PREPARED BY: KWEKU OKOAMPAH SARPONG
STUDENT NUMBER: ST/PEQP/AU/12/002
DATE: 10TH NOVEMBER 2012
Question 1
Discussed the difference between Administrative Management and Professional Administration
In any business venture the collective responsibility of the personnel running it, is to make it profitable and work with a common goal of giving it an annual growth. A good and disciplined administration combined with efficient management is the prerequisites for running a profitable business and giving it annual growth. Professional Administration and Administrative Management are like two hands of a business that work in synch to achieve the goals that are set by the organisation. Administration is sometimes used to refer to the activities of the higher level of the management group who determine major aim and policies. This can be called the broader use of the term which often used in government department (e.g. the civil service). It is also used in the narrow sense of controlling the day to day running of the enterprise. Administration on one hand provides the organisation with the required goals and workforce whereas management provided the means to achieve the goals effectively and efficiently.
Brech defines administration as: ‘that part of the management process concerned with the institution (development) and carrying out of procedures by which the programme is laid down and communicated, and the progress of activities is regulated and checked against targets and plans.’
Robert C. Appleby (1994) describes administrative management as a sub-system within the total environment of an enterprise. The Institute of Administrative Management defined administrative management, within the context
POST EXPERIENCE QUALFYING PROGRAMME
SUBJECT: PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATION
PREPARED BY: KWEKU OKOAMPAH SARPONG
STUDENT NUMBER: ST/PEQP/AU/12/002
DATE: 10TH NOVEMBER 2012
Question 1
Discussed the difference between Administrative Management and Professional Administration
In any business venture the collective responsibility of the personnel running it, is to make it profitable and work with a common goal of giving it an annual growth. A good and disciplined administration combined with efficient management is the prerequisites for running a profitable business and giving it annual growth. Professional Administration and Administrative Management are like two hands of a business that work in synch to achieve the goals that are set by the organisation. Administration is sometimes used to refer to the activities of the higher level of the management group who determine major aim and policies. This can be called the broader use of the term which often used in government department (e.g. the civil service). It is also used in the narrow sense of controlling the day to day running of the enterprise. Administration on one hand provides the organisation with the required goals and workforce whereas management provided the means to achieve the goals effectively and efficiently.
Brech defines administration as: ‘that part of the management process concerned with the institution (development) and carrying out of procedures by which the programme is laid down and communicated, and the progress of activities is regulated and checked against targets and plans.’
Robert C. Appleby (1994) describes administrative management as a sub-system within the total environment of an enterprise. The Institute of Administrative Management defined administrative management, within the context
References: 4. Elthan F Becker and Jon Wortmann(2009) Mastering Communication at Work 5 7. Robert C Pozen. (Nov 2009), Harvard Business Review 8 SUBMISSION DATE: SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2012 Reference Material: Professional Administration: Guiding Principles and Discipline for the Timeless Executive, (2011) Samuel Mawusi Asafo CMC, CIPM