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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  PUBLIC AGENCY

An agency under government auspices. A public agency is typically governed and operated by a public entity (e.g., a state, a county, or a department of the federal government. Public agencies seeking accreditation will utilize the Public version of COA's 8th Edition Standards, found at http://www.coastandards.org/standards.php?navView=public.

  
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Administration and Management
  
Private Org Public Agency  
Introduction
  
COA’s Administration and Management standards are the standards through which agency leadership – the agency director, or head, and administrative team – is guided to assure full, appropriate use of public resources for the public good. The responsibilities set forth in the standards represent the multi-faceted, basic functions the leadership of a public agency assumes, in cooperation with appropriate authorities and groups or individuals with an oversight role.

Note: Please see Self-Paced_Training: Administration and Management (AM) - For Public Agencies Only in the Tools Index for additional assistance with this standard.
 
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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