Administrative affairs

摘要

There is an the old story which is often used to portray the negative consequences occasioned by poor administrative work on the part of any organisation: 1. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; 2. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; 3. For want of a horse, the rider was lost; 4. For want of the rider, the battle was lost; 5. For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost; And all of this for the want of a nail. This fabled story tends to put the importance of administrative and logistical operations into a clearer perspective. Fire departments and brigades are much more than people, apparatus and appliances. There are a whole host of management issues that must be considered.