Parks management : A report of the proceedings of a seminar covering several aspects of management of parks held at Lincoln College, Canterbury on August 25th and 26th, 1972

Abstract

Management of Parks can be interpreted in several ways. Essentially this Seminar was planned to discuss the administration of Parks and the management of people who are the administrators of Parks. Administration has been defined as "Determined action taken in pursuit of conscious purpose: its components are planning, organising, staffing, directing, supervising, co-ordinating, reporting and budgeting." The responsibilities of administrators are therefore very wide and complex. Unless teamwork is achieved by dedicated effort then "determined action taken in pursuit of conscious purpose" becomes fragmented. People in positions of responsibility push and pull in different directions and achieve little other than maintain the status quo. Administrators of Parks must know and clearly state the objectives of their department and this must be communicated to all levels of their staff, which includes their own management team. This Seminar therefore, has the primary purpose of involving a number of authoritative speakers on those subjects which consider people whose function it is to obtain the best performance from all the resources at their disposal, and the number one resource is people.