# management (administrative)

control work of people or resource to goal

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability), [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort), [structure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-structure.arrangement), [goal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-goal.purpose), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [resource](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-resource.material)

**Through:** control guides work of parts so they act toward a shared purpose

**Novel properties:**
- coordinated action
- purposeful organization
- directed resource allocation

## Examples
- NASA's Voyager 1 mission team coordinated trajectory corrections and data collection across 45 years and 15 billion miles. *(engineering)*
- The Federal Reserve adjusts interest rates to influence inflation and unemployment in the U.S. economy. *(economics)*
- Forest rangers in Yellowstone National Park allocate firefighting resources during wildfire season based on real-time risk assessments. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [administration](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-administration.administrative) (L17)
- [bank](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bank.financial) (L17)

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