System Administration and Business Management in Arab Countries

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It would not have been possible to narrate this thesis without the help and motivation of the gracious people around me, to only some of whom it is possible to give particular highlight here.

First of all, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my advisor [professor's name] for the continuous support of my study and research, for his endurance, enthusiasm and engross knowledge. His guidance helped me in all the time of research and writing for this thesis.

Besides my advisor, I would like to thank the rest of my thesis committee [professor's names] for their encouragement, perceptive comments and difficult questions.

I thank my fellow research companions [names] for the stimulating discussions, for working together before deadlines and for the enlightening experiences.

Last but not the least I would like to thank my family: [names] for supporting me and providing me insightful suggestions and ideas for working on this diversified project.

Table of Content

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

INTRODUCTION1

Definition of administration1

Planning1

Organizing2

Staffing2

Command and control2

Modern management science theories3

Scientific Management3

Classical Organizational theory4

Behavioural theories4

Development of management science5

The System Approach5

Situational or Contingency theory6

The Chaos Theory6

Team Building Theory7

Theoretical and applied administration7

Branches of Administration9

Centralized administration9

Individual administration10

DISCUSSION11

Computer science applications in administration11

Communication technologies11

Administrative mobile implications11

Location tracking and location based services12

Privacy, security and usability12

Data warehousing12

Data withdrawal13

Customer resource management13

Enterprise resource planning13

Applied computing products for administration Lartqa14

Administration in the developed world15

Administration in the third world16

Administration in the Arab world17

CONSTRAINTS IN THE ARAB FLAG ADMINISTRATION18

Human resources and administration in the Arab world20

Customs and traditions21

SUMMARY23

System Administration and Business Management in Arab Countries

Introduction

Definition of administration

Administration can be defined as the management of business operations and things which are taking place within the operational and practical implementations of the working facilities. There can be a number of different elements and components in regards to the completion of objectives and their layout but within decision making, administration plays a vital and essential role which is to be recognized within a given time frame. Administration is the key towards a successful and efficient organizational structure of people as well as for the outcomes that are designed on such regards.

Direct activities that are involved with the goals and objectives of business management are closely associated with the cause as well. Administration is basically a functional approach to how things are going to be for a company or an affiliation that is going consistent with the business terms and how exactly different capabilities are configured. People that are involved with the administrative functions and commodities are engaged in some particular set of functions to meet the goals and objectives of the organization because that is how the planning is carried out; until common abilities and cognitive functions wouldn't be sketched out, administration will not come into operation effectively. According to Henri Fayol's 5 elements of administration, the exact administrative functions are the one described below:

Planning

This involves outlining the things that are to be accomplished with time with greater details as to what needs being done, how and when it will be carried out and who will be ...