Though the word “e-Governance” was frequently
heard, on a particular day, it shoot up a question in my mind. It looks stupid
but the intensity of thought was so much, and I started to draft this.
The question is real simple, is it stupid
too..? lets hear it. “What is the
difference between “Governance”, “Administration” and “Management”.
Wikipedia definition for each of them as
follows :-
Governance refers to "all
processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, market or network,
whether over a family, tribe, formal or informal organization or territory and
whether through laws, norms, power or language."
Administration is the process or activity of running
a business, organization, etc.
Management in businesses and
organizations is the function that coordinates the efforts of people to
accomplish goals and objectives by using available resources efficiently and
effectively.
UNESC (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific) simply put "Governance”
as the “process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are
implemented (or not implemented)”
There are many theories and write-up available on internet, which
distinguish between management & administration, management
& governance and governance & administration.
But mostly they dealt that the bodies of organization with
board of directors as “Administration” or “Governance” and the bodies with
executive members as “management” , while some other talks the board of
directors as “governance” and executive members as “management”. Sagar Sumit on Quora states that
“One
way to think about this is that Governance determines the "What?" - What
the organization does and what it should become in the future.
Management determines the "How?" - How
the organization will reach those goals and aspirations.”
But this theory will not talk about administration, wherein
mostly the governance part holds synonymous with administration functions.
Being observant on the operations I do every day, it occurs
to me that “Management co-ordinates to
achieve goals and objectives. Administration sets the goals
and objective, and Governance
ensures all
these processes are compliant. “
So what do you think..?
