SEMINAR ON

PHILOSOPHY, PURPOSE, ELEMENTS

AND SCOPE OF ADMINISTRATION

SUBJECT: NURSING MANAGEMENT.

PRESENTED BY: HARMEET KAUR

M.SC (N) IIND YEAR

COLLEGE OF NURSING, AIMS,

SRI MUKTSAR SAHIB.

The word “administer” is derived from Latin word “ad+ministraire”, means to care for or to look after people to manage affairs. Administraire means “Serve”.

The meaning itself reflect that the administrator regards himself as servant, not that the master to look after, perform all the functions It is a cooperative effort, directed towards the realization of a consciously laid down objectives.

INTRODUCTION

“Administration is the organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends.” - Pfiffner and Presthus “Administration has to do with getting things done; with the accomplishment of defined objectives.”

- Luther Gullick

DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATION

“Administration is the direction, coordination and control of many persons to achieve some purposes or objectives.”

- LD White

“Administration is the activities of groups cooperating to accomplish common goals.” - Herbert A Simon

“Management may be defined as the art of securing maximum results with the minimum of effort so as to secure maximum prosperity and happiness for both employer and employee and give the public the best possible service.” - John Mee

DEFINITION OF MANAGEMENT

“Management is simply the process of decision making and control over the action of human being for the express purpose of attaining predetermined goal.”

- Stanely Vance

“Nursing Administration is primarily the process and agency used to establish the nursing objectives or purposes, which an undertaking or staffs are to achieve. It also has to plan and to stabilize, the broad lines or principles that will govern nursing action. These broad lines are usually called policies. Whereas the nursing management is the process and agency through which execution of nursing policy is planned and supervised.”

- Milward GE

NURSING ADMINISTRATION AND NURSING MANAGEMENT

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION

AND MANAGEMENT

NATURE OF ADMINISTRATION

Universal

Holistic

Intangible

Continuous and an Ongoing

process

Based on objectives

Social and Human

Dynamic

Creative and Innovative

PHILOSOPHY OF ADMINISTRATION

Cost effectiveness Execution and control of work plans Delegation of Responsibility and authority Human relations and Good Morale Effective communication Flexibility in certain situations.

PURPOSES OF ADMINISTRATION

It is a life blood of organization. It is a shoulder of an organization. Its main function is to achieve the objectives. It is like 2+2 getting five. Without good administration is a house built on sand or castle in the air. There is no substitute of good administration.

PURPOSES OF ADMINISTRATION

Good administration brings out the organizational growth by effective and efficient performance. Good administration brings team together to work. It gives new ideas, through imagination, vision to an organization. It is considered as a brain of organization.

ELEMENTS OF ADMINISTRATION

“CO”: COORDINATION

“P”: PLANNING

“R”: REPORTING

“B”: BUDGETING

“O”: ORGANIZING

“D”: DIRECTING

“S”: STAFFING

POSDCORB

PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION

According to Finer, following are the principles of administration:

1. Principle of Oneness2. Principle of Specialism and the

Whole3. Principle of Hierarchy and

Regimentation4. Principle of Morale5. Principle of Bureaucracy6. Principle of Self Administration.

According to Henri Fayol, principles of administration:

1. Division of Work2. Authority, Responsibility and

Accountability3. Discipline4. Unity of Command5. Unity of Direction6. Subordination of individual interest

to general interest

7. Remuneration8. Centralization9. Scalar chain of Command or Hierarchy10.Order11.Equity12.Stability of Tenure13.Initiative 14.Espirit de Corps (Union is strength)

SCOPE OF ADMINISTRATION

The scope of administration is very wide. It is not only restricted to public administration that deals with three functionaries, i.e. legislative, executive and judiciary.

As administration is universal in nature, its scope is wide. It covers all the areas like school, hospital, business etc., all the managerial activities and functional areas of management and administration like personnel, financial, material and production are covered.

Political function Legislative function Financial function Defensive function Educational function Social administration Economic administration Foreign administration Imperial administration Local administration

Since, administration permeates all planned human activities; hence it is a center of all human affairs. Its principle aspects are formulation of policy and its implementation for the attainment in an optimum manner of stated ends in the shape of service or products.

Administration is an activity which demands correct analysis and accurate orientation.

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