An essay on the role and place of planning, Organizing, controlling, directing, and coordination in archives administration:- Osaedo, Alexander O.

ABSTRACT

The central focus of this paper is the role and place of basic principles of management namely; planning. organizing, controlling, directing, and coordinating in chives administration. This implies the applicability of these management principles for the efficient and effective service provision by an archivist managing an chive. It must be stated at this point that the essential requirement of an administrator or manager is to have character and integrity, a genuine respect for fellow lorkers, and a commitment to fairness and justice in all rel.itionships down, up and across the line. Also, in this essay, some other concepts in management which hnnot be treated in isolation or be treated exclusive of the functions or principles will be briefly discussed. Such concepts indude motivation. Equally, effort will be beared to touch on leadership versus management