1. the
hat of the
Director of
Administration is to
expedite, supervise or
handle all administrative actions for the
organization.
(HCO PL 5 Dec 62) 2. the
Director of
Administration, regardless of the
title of the
administrative personnel, is directly in
charge of all
administrative personnel, is responsible for their hiring and
firing, their arrival on
time and proper
performance of their duties, and for the
purpose of pay and
facilities is in
charge of
technical personnel.
(HCO PL 5 Dec 62) 3. the
Director of
Administration compares to the head of the administrative corps of a hospital where he
runs everything except the doctors and does everything except treat and has
charge of all the
purposes except trying to make people well.
(HCO PL 5 Dec 62) 4. the
terms Administrator and
Director of
Administration are interchangeable.
(HCO PL 5 Dec 62) 5. the function of the
Director of
Administration is to see that all policies
relating to the
Administrative Division as laid down by the
Board or the
Executive Director but always from the
Board via the
Executive Director are executed. The
post of
Director of
Administration is supposed to make the policies of the
Executive Director stick in the
Administrative Division. The
post of
Director of
Administration will be backed up fully so long as it devotes its energies, to making the
Executive Director's policies
work. The
task is not to
create new policies, but to make existing policies
stick. When room
space is
allocated by the
Executive Director, the
Director of
Administration is supposed to make the people and furniture into that
allocation plan. When financial
policy is laid down, the
Director of
Administration is supposed to see that it alone is the
policy used. If such things cannot be done, the
post is not being held.
(SEC ED 5,16 Dec 58) 6. purpose: to ensure good and accurate
communication inside the
organization, handles
business and administrative
affairs. To ensure good working
quarters and
conditions for, and good
work from, organizational
personnel.
(HCO London, 9 Jan 58)