Is an important area in organized human activity. It has been considered a process, a method, or a set of relationships between and among people working toward common objectives in an organization. Is necessary to orchestrate the myriad activities of the organization.

he describes the concept of administration as the process of defining and attaining the objectives of the organization through a system of coordination and cooperative effort.

Is a continuous process that leads to organizational growth and development. therefore, is a phenomenon occurring in governments, schools, business firms, labor unions, hospitals, and in any organized goal-seeking group of persons.

ELEMENTS OF ADMINISTRATION

is the setting up of the framework or structure of the different units of the system to carry out or perform distinct tasks for the attainment of the goals of administration.

is the activity that allocates and utilizes resources to achieve the goals of the organization.

ADMINISTRATION IN HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

According to Archie Hanlan, focuses on the policies, planning and administration of goods and services and relation to the political, social and economic institutions and to the determinants of the distribution of national resources to social welfare needs.

is used to refer to administration in the fields of health, education, and other social development fields.

refers more specially to the administrative processes in social welfare agency, the formulation of its policies and plans, and their implementation into programs and services for specific client groups.

He claims that the major objective of social welfare administration is the enhancement of social functioning.

He uses the term social functioning and his definition of profession of social work.

He implies, therefore, that social welfare as a field of administration and social work as a profession may be considered to have a shared objective.

According to him, focuses on the policies planning and administration of good and services in relation to the political, social and economic institutions into the determinants of the distribution of national resources to social welfare needs.

is a method of social work concerned with the provision and distribution of societal resources so as to enable people to meet their needs and fulfill their potential towards empowering their lives.

According to him, is based upon the principles and techniques of administration in general but addressed to the specific social work tasks of defining and solving human problems and satisfying human needs.

is the keystone for maximizing the effectiveness of social work programs in the solution of social problems and in the betterment of social condition for all people.

provides the framework for social work practice that relate it to other agency functions. The quality of social work practice is greatly influenced by social work administration.

ASPECTS OF SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION

The following are the social work administration functions: a. The means by which identified social needs are dealt with by appropriate social services, whether under public or private auspices. b. The societal action for improved or new services needed by specific groups or the community as a whole. There is decision- making at every level of administration.

The study of structure consists of: a. Studying it in relation to the organization as an element of administration. b. Knowing that the social welfare agency represents the organizational structure in social work administration.

social work administration is a continuous ,dynamic, and total process of bringing together people, resources and purposes to accomplish the agency goal of providing social services. it is based upon knowledge of human nature and human organization to establish and maintain a system of participative and cooperative effort of all levels of the organization.

SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION HAS IMPORTANT DIMENSION THAT INCLUDE:

This is the task of works assignment within the agency structure. There is a wide distribution of responsibility in the agency with the allocation of tasks and functions for every label of work.

This presupposes the people release their feelings in energies and that this feelings and energies ,when properly harnessed by administrators constitute the human resources and achieving agency goals.

Is a structured framework within which the administrative tasks are carried out. It is an instrument of society established through government initiative or through voluntary efforts to achieve a social goal.

His outlines how a social welfare agency in its simplest form comes into being when' several people see an unment need, want to meet that need, get community permission to meet that need, and accept legal responsibility for seeing that the resources secured, or made available, are used for the specific purpose for which they were given rather than for some other purpose.

TYPES OF SOCIAL WELFARE AGENCIES

organizations supported by public funds or taxes

organizations supported by private contributions or donations or income from services. These are popular referred to as non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

organization that receive some form of subsidy, either in cash or kind, from the government.

May be a smaller organization with a few people involved in the program or a complex social system involving a great number of people.

the personal would include administrators at various levels professionals, members of different related professions, clerical, technical, and manual staff, as well as volunteers and paraprofessionals.

Is a good case illustration of a large public social welfare agency.

it has deployed social staff and different countries where there are filipino overseers workers through the...

the filipino migrant workers in crisis situation and in need of special protection are provided proper assistant by virtue of....

They suggest that social welfare agencies" must be viewed both as administrative bureaucracies and a social system".

OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL AGENCIES

a corporate-led non-profit social development foundation in the philippines that is committed to poverty e?alleviation and people development

Is a whole with each part bearing a dynamic relation to everyone other part and all are interdependent.

According to him is a purposeful organized interrelationship of components in which the performance of the whole exceeds the individual outputs of all the part.

It refers to the concept of agency purpose and interrelationship of different units as sub-systems of the organization.

BASIC COMPONENT OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS

The input into the system may be human resource, work method, or a set of beliefs from the environment.

The represents what the system is doing in relation to the goals.

This refers to the conversation process of inputs to outputs

PROPERTIES OF SYSTEMS

The client tell to be served comes from the community as well as the resource inputs for it support and maintenance.

In n one that is not affected by its external environment and reality, there are very few close systems.

Apply to many labels or systems in subsystems.

is the tendency of an organization system to maintain a uniform and beneficial stability within and between its parts.

LEVELS

at this level are the following parameters. a. policy- making in public agencies is a function of higher officials based on constitutional mandate, legislative act, executive order , or presidential decree. b. in non-governmental organizations policy-making is vested duly constituted board of directions. The other functions of the board are to.

the function of the executive are.. a. participation in the formulation and their termination of policy. b. provision of guidance and direction the planning process.

the supervisor enables the workers to perform their functions more effectively and provides the means for them to grow in their job. His/her functions are. a. ensuring that work is done as mandated and expected (administrative)

The direct service workers have direct/field contact with the people or clients needing agency services or assistant in the context of professional values and ethics. The functions of the direct service level workers include the following. a. interpretation of policies and procedures in daring services and in helping the client system( individuals, groups, and communities )in the context of professional and ethical values.

1. They are created through any of these :constitutional mandate, legislative act, executive order, presidential decree, or letter of instruction. .

1. They are organized as a form of response of private organizations to meet people's needs in the community.