Structure:
What is Administration all about?
Notion of power and Importance of power in administration
Different situations and corresponding degree of power in the system
Administration is the task of the management of various human, capital, technological, knowledge and material resources in a co-ordinated manner to achieve a certain goal. The co-ordination among various resources may require the use of power to bring them onto same page.
Power in the administration assumes various forms. For instance it could be physically coercive power to ensure access to some material resources required for the task. Or it could be mentally-coercive power to influence the decision making and thought processes of various actors involved in the task.
The administrators’ work at the grass-root level in real life settings where they have to deal with the whim and fancies of human nature. Thus different situation and different individuals require different kind of treatment to fall in line to get the work done. An administrator has to use all the tools available in the basket to influence the stakeholder involved in the task. Some may agree to the rational argument while other understands the money. Some incorrigible ones may have to be punished to get the work done. Thus an able administrator is well trained in utilising the Kautilyan lever of sama-dama-danda-bheda to get the job done.
Various able administrators had devised their own tricks and techniques to deal with sub-ordinate, collegues and superiors. For example some follow the policy of carrot and stick. Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping followed policy of speaking in the soft voice and carrying a big stick. Similarly modern administrators gauge the psychological profile of their subordinates. Maslow has described the different sources of motivation in his work-motivation theory. Some members of the team are motivated by esteem-enhancement while others are motivated to work due to monetary incentives. Some are forced to work due to fear of punishment or job loss.
The sublimity of administrator lies in gauging the need factor and motivational factor of the team members and other stakeholder involved and bring the best out of them by manipulating the lever of power.
What is Administration all about?
Notion of power and Importance of power in administration
Different situations and corresponding degree of power in the system
Administration is the task of the management of various human, capital, technological, knowledge and material resources in a co-ordinated manner to achieve a certain goal. The co-ordination among various resources may require the use of power to bring them onto same page.
Power in the administration assumes various forms. For instance it could be physically coercive power to ensure access to some material resources required for the task. Or it could be mentally-coercive power to influence the decision making and thought processes of various actors involved in the task.
The administrators’ work at the grass-root level in real life settings where they have to deal with the whim and fancies of human nature. Thus different situation and different individuals require different kind of treatment to fall in line to get the work done. An administrator has to use all the tools available in the basket to influence the stakeholder involved in the task. Some may agree to the rational argument while other understands the money. Some incorrigible ones may have to be punished to get the work done. Thus an able administrator is well trained in utilising the Kautilyan lever of sama-dama-danda-bheda to get the job done.
Various able administrators had devised their own tricks and techniques to deal with sub-ordinate, collegues and superiors. For example some follow the policy of carrot and stick. Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping followed policy of speaking in the soft voice and carrying a big stick. Similarly modern administrators gauge the psychological profile of their subordinates. Maslow has described the different sources of motivation in his work-motivation theory. Some members of the team are motivated by esteem-enhancement while others are motivated to work due to monetary incentives. Some are forced to work due to fear of punishment or job loss.
The sublimity of administrator lies in gauging the need factor and motivational factor of the team members and other stakeholder involved and bring the best out of them by manipulating the lever of power.
