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Property Management
The exercise of a restraining or governing influence over the acquisition , use , and disposition of
personal property
Property control function names
Property control, Asset Management, fixed-asset accounting, inventory control, material
PMO
Property Management Office
PMO responsibilities
establishing, guiding, managing, and maintaining an efficient property system, communicating
effectively with other departments and functions, and developing and presenting training in subjects
relating to property.
PMO responsibilities
The establishment and maintenance of a property control system
Property Control System
comprised of
Primary difference between accountability and responsibility
A
Who is accountable for the property
To whom are you accountable for the property
Transfer of Accountability
Transfers
not always physical, require approval, approval record is part of historical file and audit trail
Transfer between contracts
both releasing and gaining agency verify accuracy
Responsibility
Means to be answerable for a trust or obligation
-If you have a car, loaned it to someone, they dont own, but are answerable to you. (Gas, accident,
etc). So it is a trust, and they are answerable.
It is possible to be responsible for the property
What does responsibility mean