Como estas Readers,
Through my interactions with Secretary V and Runner J, I'm gaining administrative insights both inside and outside the University. Secretary V and I discussed the interplay between protocol and flexibility ( while speculating the challenges in organizing the Asia TEFL conference ). Runner J is the head of the maintenance department of the entire campus. Coming from an Electrical Engineering background, he's cognizant of electrical and plumbing issues, but his main responsibility is managing people and delegating work to them.
One day Secretary V and I started talking about protocols. They established standards ( or else what's the point of creating them in the first place, diba? ). Being the devil's advocate, I took the side of protocols as being rigid ( bureaucratic red-tape ). I sided with "flexibility" and stressed how "bending" the rules wasn't as bad as breaking them. Then we concluded that we should follow protocols as much as possible before bending them. Some of the challenges in organizing an international conference included: budgeting- finding a venue ( logistics such as quote, catering, lecture rooms, accommodations [travel fare, hotel, give-aways, et. al.] etc. ).
Runner J's background is helpful in the technical aspect. If there were a problem, he knows which people to contact. He also has ideas/estimation about typical cost for such expenses. All of these are secondary; his primary concern is managing at least 25 people and their schedules/tasks. His "counseling" background ( albeit minor ) gave him tips on communicating with different people ( in order to motivate and/or discipline ). Both Secretary V and Runner J use plenty of interpersonal skills as they deal with all types of people in order to facilitate smooth operation for University functions.
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