ADMINISTRATION

The personnel responsible for management functions of the organization, including fiscal management, human resources, and service delivery. Such personnel determine organizational goals, acquire and allocate resources to carry out a program, coordinate activities toward goal achievement, and monitor, evaluate, and make needed changes in processes and procedures to improve the likelihood of goal achievement. The term is synonymously used with MANAGEMENT.		  
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  MANAGEMENT

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  LEADERSHIP

A nonprofit organization's leadership consists of its governing body, chief executive officer, and may also include its senior management. In a public agency the term refers to the agency head and administration team. The term "leadership" is not generally applied to for-profit organizations. With respect to COA standards, in for-profit organizations the term leadership applies to the owner and board of directors if one exists.		  
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  OBJECTIVE

A sub-goal stated in operational terms, i.e., a statement that makes clear what expected results are to be measured or assessed.		  
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PA-AM 6: Organization of the Agency's Administrative Team

 
The administrative team exercises leadership through a functional, effective operational structure.

PA-AM 6.01

 

The administrative team establishes in writing:

  1. responsibilities;
  2. a process for assessing and implementing responsibilities, such as establishing task forces/committees; and
  3. under what conditions and to whom interim authority can be delegated.

PA-AM 6.02

 

Administrative team members:

  1. receive an orientation to the agency's mission, history, goals, objectives, structure, methods of operation; and
  2. are familiarized with agency activities and are introduced to key staff members.

PA-AM 6.03

 

The agency maintains an administrative manual that includes:

  1. the organizational configuration with reporting information for all operations; and
  2. up-to-date minutes and records of all administrative team meetings.
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PURPOSE: The agency achieves its vision, mission and strategic goals to assure appropriate use of public resources for the public good through sound administration and effective management.
 
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