CONCEPT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUDIT

We explain what is the administration and what are the elements that this technique uses. In addition, the values of the administration.

What is administration?

The administration is a technique that consists of the planning, strategy or organization of the total of the resources that have an entity , organism, society with the objective of extracting from them the maximum possible benefits according to the desired purposes.

The term " administration " comes from the Latin, and is the conjunction of the prefix "ad" which means "to" or "address" and the suffix "minister" which means "to the service of" or "obedience", in short, refers to the provision of a service to another individual or to some entity.

Basically, we can say that it is based on the precept that states that proper management of resources takes full advantage of the possibilities of achieving a better result.

The administration is used both in managing public and in private . Both need the technique of administrative organization for the extraction of resources. The difference lies precisely in the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the resources with which it has to carry out its functions and purposes.

These resources can be of various types, there are materials, human, financial, cognitive, etc. And the ends can be social, non-profit or for profit . In summary, it is about planning how these resources will be used to achieve a better result.

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Elements of administration

Several elements are the parts that make the administrative organization, and are necessary if you want to reach the objectives , but at the same time are conditioned by the available resources.

Every administration needs:

A nodal center : That is responsible for the completion of the entire project and responsible for the planning of the administration. This also raises what are the problems they want to overcome.
An evaluation : That distinguishes the characteristics of each one of the parties, to determine what are their specific functions and possibilities to contribute to the administration.
Coordination : State the activities that are going to be carried out and that interrelate the parts of the system.
Control : To ensure in an evaluative way that these activities are being carried out correctly, as planned, evaluation that can be carried out simultaneously, the administrative action is taken.

The field of administration is very broad, since as we saw, it is applied to different types of entities. In this way, it needs to use techniques, concepts, organizational modes from various fields of study. For example, financial management, accounting , human resources management, marketing , economic science , business strategies, etc.

The administration is interdisciplinary , since it combines aspects of all of them in order to specialize and deepen their administrative progress, avoiding difficulties and adapting to market requirements, in the case of private management mainly, updating itself in this way according to the competition and other social entities.

Administration values

There are other values necessary for the administration to achieve its objectives, which are not a constitutional part of this , but rather circumstantial, tools necessary for its adaptation to the social environment.

For example , flexibility, which is their ability to make use of their resources relocating or transferring them to the area that needs to be revitalized, an example of this is the transfer or incorporation of people specialized in administration of a specific part of the company. This accounts for the general capacity of adaptation of the company or entity, it should be noted that with more possibilities and resources, the greater the possibility of adaptability.

Another value is the specificity of the company, although some aspects are structural and general management, each of the objectives itself requires a type of administration. It is not possible to find a type of administration that serves to solve the situation of all companies or enter, in short, it is not applicable equally to all.