Whose name is associated with Posdcorb?

The correct answer is Luther Gulick.

Key Points

• The 'POSDCORB' formula of management was given by Luther Gulick and Urwick.
• It appeared most prominently in a 1937 paper by Luther Gulick (in a set edited by himself and Lyndall Urwick).
• He first presented the concept in 1935.
• POSDCORB stands for Planning, Organising, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting.
• It holds that public administration works with numerous organizational management procedures and methods, such as planning, organizing, coordinating, etc.

Additional Information

• Luther Gullick has given a keyword ’POSDCORB’ where P stands for Planning, O for Organizing, S for Staffing, D for Directing, Co for Co-ordination, R for reporting & B for Budgeting.
• Planning: It refers to broad sketch of the work. Planning is the first and most important step in POSDCORB as it sets the overall structure of the process with activities and timelines.
• Organizing: Organizing involves formally classifying, defining and synchronizing the various sub-processes or subdivisions of the work to be done.
• Staffing: This involves recruiting and selecting the right candidates for the job and facilitating their orientation and training while maintaining a favorable work environment.
• Directing: Directing is an important step in the POSDCORB cycle as it makes thing happen by giving clear objectives to teams and individuals.
• Coordinating: This basically refers to orchestrating and interlinking the various components of the work.
• Organising: This refers to organise the components of work.
• Reporting: Reporting involves regularly updating the superior about the progress or the work related activities. The information dissemination can be through records or inspection.
• Budgeting: Budgeting involves all the activities that under Auditing, Accounting, Fiscal Planning and Control.