POSDCORB
POSDCORB is a
word composed of the initials of the functions of the executives.
POSDCORB is developed by Luther Gulick.
POSDCORB lists the
functions of the executives according to Luther Gulick
who was a well known member of the
classical school.
POSDCORB includes seven functions. According to POSDCORB
model the seven functions of executives are as follows:
POSDCORB is an acronym
created by Luther Gulick
and Lyndall Urwick in their “Papers on the Science of Administration”
(1937). Developed as a means to structure and analyze management
activities, it set a new paradigm in Public Administration. Based on the
theories of Henri Fayol’s 14 Principles of Management, Gulick and
Lyndall Urwick disputed the prevailing thinking that there was a
dichotomy between politics and administration. Instead that it was
impossible to separate the two. It has been called the “high noon of
orthodoxy,” due to the assumption that it was the principles that were
important and not where they were applied.
The acronym which formulates the responsibility of a chief executive or
administrator stands for: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Direction,
Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting. It defines the principles as
follows:
PLANNING
Planning is working out
in broad outline the things that need .to be done and the methods for
doing them to accomplish the purpose set for the enterprise;
ORGANIZING
Organizing is the
establishment of the formal structure of authority through which work
subdivisions are arranged, defined and coordinated for the defined
objective;
STAFFING
Staffing is the whole
personnel function of bringing in and training the staff and maintaining
favorable conditions of work;
DIRECTING
Directing is the
continuous task of making decisions and embodying them in specific and
general orders and instructions and serving as the leader of the
enterprise;
CO-ORDINATING
Coordinating is the
all-important duty of interrelating the various parts of the work;
REPORTING
Reporting is keeping
those to whom the executive is responsible informed as to what is going
on, which thus includes keeping himself and his subordinates informed
through records, research and inspections;
BUDGETING
Budgeting, with all
that goes with budgeting in the form of fiscal planning, accounting and
control
All executives perform broadly similar functions. The President of the
United States, like the governors of the states or the Prime Minister of
England, does many things in common with his subordinate executives and
with all those who have headed large organizations. Luther Gulick and
Lyndall Urwick have classified these common tasks of the executive, and
his categories of important executive functions: What is the work of the
chief executive? What does he do? The answer is POSDCORB.
References
http://polt906f07.wikispaces.com/POSDCORB
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