This document provides an overview of administration and management in early childhood education. It defines administration as organizing and directing human and material resources to achieve goals, while management is implementing policies through other people. The key functions of administration are identified as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Decision-making is an important part of each administrative function. Principles like division of work and unity of command are also discussed. Administrators can operate at different levels from top to middle to low, and their role is to formally direct an organization in achieving its aims.

2. Subject:
Administration
and Supervision
in ECE
Topic of
presentation:
Administration: An
overview
Submitted to: Sir
Saghir Ahmed
Submitted by:
Ammarah
Farah(Roll#903)
Shamriza
Kousar(Roll#901)
Maryam Bibi
(Roll#927)

3. • The word “ Administer derived from the
Latin word – “ad + ministraire” means
care for’ or look after people to manage
affairs.
Meaning:

4. Definition:
“Administration is the organization & direction of
human & material resources to achieve desired ends.”
Pfiffner & Presthus.
“Administration is the direction, coordination an
control of many persons to achieve some purposes or
objectives.” -
L.D. White

5. A more accurate definition of administration “it is the
universal process of efficiently getting activities completed
with and through other people.”
 Efficiency
 Effectiveness

6. Three commonalities for comprehensive definition
 Goals are necessary
 Limited resources
 Need for more people

7. “It is the process in which directs and guieds the
operation of an 0rganization on the establishing aims”
Ordway tead
“Management is getting things done through other
people”
James L Hayes
Management:
Definition:

8. Administration
 Make the policies of an organization.
 It is a determinative function.
 It is a top-level activity.
 It consists of owners who invest capital in
and receive profits from an enterprise.
 Its decision are influenced by public
opinions ,and beliefs of the manager.
 Planning and organizing functions are
involved in it.
 It needs administrative rather than technical
abilities.
Management
 Implement the policies of an organization.
 It is an executive function.
 It is a middle-level activity.
 It is a group of managerial personnel who
use their specialized knowledge to fulfil the
objectives of an enterprise.
 Its decisions are influenced by the values,
opinions, and beliefs of the manager.
 Motivating and controlling functions are
involved in it.
 It requires technical activities.

9. Nature of Administration:
 It is universal.
 It is holistic.
 It is continuous & on going
process.
 It is goal oriented.
 It is social & human nature.
 It is dynamic.

10. The four functions
making up the
administrative
process:
There are overall
four functions of
administration
which are:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
But according to Henry Fayol
there are five functions of
administration including
above and “ coordinating”.

11. The role of decision making in the Administrative
process:
Administration described as a process comprised of planning,
organizing, leading, and controlling. Each of these functions requires
decisions.
 In planning an administrator takes decision about What do to?
How to do? And Who to do?
 In organizing, an administrator takes decision about the
designing of a formal structure of relationship that will foster the
effective and efficient attainment of goals.

12.  In leading, an administrator takes decision that how to motivate
others, supervise, how communicate to others and managing
conflicts.
 In controlling, an administrator takes decision that how
performance measured and compared standard. And he takes
decision to reorganize the relationship of activities to personnel
who perform that activities.

13. Principles of Administrative management which
work in an organization.
 Division of work
 Authority
 Discipline
 Unity of command
 Unity of direction
 Subordination of individual
interest to general
 Remuneration
 Centralization
 Scalar chain
 Order
 Equity
 Stability of personnel tenure
 Initiative
 Espirit de corps

14. Who are administrator?
 The term administrator is used to describe a number of
different jobs.
 The term applies to those with formal decision-making
authority from the person at the top of the organization to
the lowest level supervisor.

15. Levels of Administrators:
 Top level administrator
 Middle level administrator
 Low level administrator

16. Major aims of whole discussion
 The impact of administrators on society.
 The misconception about what administrators do.
 We live in an organizational society.
 Why top administrators in organizations often receive very high
compensation.

17. Conclusion

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