Administrative Handbooks.
What is an Administrative Handbook?
Administrative handbooks are documents that serve as means of communication and coordination allow to register and transmit the information of an organization in a systematic and organized manner.
What are the objectives of handbooks?
· to present a group vision of the organization.
· to specify the assigned functions of each administrative unit.
· to establish clearly the degree of authority and responsibility of the different hierarchy levels.
· to aid the right attention of the assigned tasks to the personnel.
· to allow time and effort saving when working.
· to function as a means of relation and coordination with other organizations.
· to serve as a vessel of information to providers of goods, service providers, users and clients.
How are handbooks classified?
For their content, they are classified as:
·Organization: where the several organic units of an organization are presented.
·Procedures: here we establish the main procedures that take place within the organization, for example, personnel hiring, purchases, salary payment, etc.
·Policies: policies are determined to lead the actions of the enterprise.
·Welcome: specially designed for new employees. In this handbook, the background of the enterprise, the mission, vision, values and others are detailed.
For their domain:
· General: they contain information of the organization on its whole.
· Specific: they hold information of an area or something specific.
What does a Job Description Handbook contain?
This is the handbook that most of the people know. Below, we present a brief model of this type of handbook:
