ADB1501 SUMMARY 2022 ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT:  Encompasses all the various processes and resources to collect, manipulate, maintain, protect and retrieve information  Also includes storage and release of information by means of computerised management, information systems, bookkeeping, cost accounting, archive control and general office organisation.  Also managing information through people that require services from the organisation  Managing information effectively and strategically reduces costs, uncertainty and risks, adds value to existing products/services and creates value through new information-based products/services.  Functional/middle-level managers  Administrative function: responsible for orderly collection, processing, storing & distribution of information to managers within the organisation as well as role players outside of the organisation to enable them to execute their tasks.  To enable successful management of the organisation, managers must have usable, timely, relevant and accurate information in order to make good decisions.  Data refers to facts that include objects, people and events.  Unprocessed material that can be seen as valuable information  Generally used by machines and useless unless processed to create information that people can understand and interpret.  Information refers to data that has been converted/processed into meaningful and useful content for specific end users, at a specific point in time, for a specific purpose and presented in specific format.  Information is used by managers to initiate actions, make decisions & manager their sections  An information system is a group of people, procedures and resources that collects, transforms, and distributes information in an organisation.  Manual (pen & paper), informal (oral) and computer based (using IT) information systems  Foundation of sound decision making and an essential element in the attempt to achieve improved productivity over local and global competitors.