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PAD 260
Substantive and Supportive Activities
Ch. 7 “Organizing” p.329
Ch. 4 “Administrative Responsibility”
Program implementation needs substantive and supportive activities in order to function.
Substantive activities: are directly goal oriented. Result producing. There must be a mandate, a policy declaration. The UN declaration is an example. Example is, submitting papers.
Support activities: machinery of implementation for reaching the goal. Result contributing. Example is getting to school, getting the books (from the library or online).
Commonalities, they both require a mandate and a budget. Difference is that substantive is goal directed and support is a machinery. Substantive should take 70% of funds while support take 30% however, this is not the case. Support activities are more expensive in some cases.
Activities of organizations fall into 4 categories:
1. Top management activities – have to maintain external relations to achieve the mission, you have to design plain responsibilities for budget and planning.
2. Result producing substantive activities – you need to do a performance evaluation and assessment of the staff and the unit as a whole.
3. Result contributing (support) activities – training, home resource management (they are not directly involved in the end result but the make sure that the company has the right stuff), budgeting
4. House keeping – discussing what’s needed for the organizations, building, premises and maintenance of it.
Areas of support activities:
* Management and Budgetary Administration
* Budgeting and Accounting
* Human Resources Management
There are some special support services when it comes to IPA organizations
Special Support Services (IPA Org.):
* Security and Safety
* Interpretation and Translation
* Transportation
* Public Information
* Premises – Supplies
* Inform Technology
Meetings (away from HQs)
* Substantive – identify...
PAD 260
Substantive and Supportive Activities
Ch. 7 “Organizing” p.329
Ch. 4 “Administrative Responsibility”
Program implementation needs substantive and supportive activities in order to function.
Substantive activities: are directly goal oriented. Result producing. There must be a mandate, a policy declaration. The UN declaration is an example. Example is, submitting papers.
Support activities: machinery of implementation for reaching the goal. Result contributing. Example is getting to school, getting the books (from the library or online).
Commonalities, they both require a mandate and a budget. Difference is that substantive is goal directed and support is a machinery. Substantive should take 70% of funds while support take 30% however, this is not the case. Support activities are more expensive in some cases.
Activities of organizations fall into 4 categories:
1. Top management activities – have to maintain external relations to achieve the mission, you have to design plain responsibilities for budget and planning.
2. Result producing substantive activities – you need to do a performance evaluation and assessment of the staff and the unit as a whole.
3. Result contributing (support) activities – training, home resource management (they are not directly involved in the end result but the make sure that the company has the right stuff), budgeting
4. House keeping – discussing what’s needed for the organizations, building, premises and maintenance of it.
Areas of support activities:
* Management and Budgetary Administration
* Budgeting and Accounting
* Human Resources Management
There are some special support services when it comes to IPA organizations
Special Support Services (IPA Org.):
* Security and Safety
* Interpretation and Translation
* Transportation
* Public Information
* Premises – Supplies
* Inform Technology
Meetings (away from HQs)
* Substantive – identify...