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EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO FACILITY STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO FACILITY STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
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In evaluating the average public sector and average private sector facility management organization, it is useful to consider the traditional functions of management, which includes planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling, and evaluating. In planning, the public sector actually may do a slightly better job than the private sector.
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The professional ~ (, orga~zations, such as the International Facility Management Association, the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, and the Building Owners and Managers Association, should be publicizing them more.
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Today, there are private sector procurement purchasing departments who are customer-oriented. This attitude will have to be cultivated in both public and private sectors for facilities managers to survive.
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This may not be as true in government as it is in the private sector, but even in the private sector there are facility managers who do not even understand their budgets. The budgets are managed by "someone in accounting." Good facility managers must understand budget patterns and trends to do their jobs.
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