Luther Gullick

A Presentation on

Luther Gulick & His Thoughts On Management

Presented By:NAMEREGISTRATION NO.1. Farzana Salsabil20132370672. Mahbuba Rumi20132370703. Ruma Begum20132370564. Abdul Mutalib20132370295. Imran Ahmad Chowdhury20132370816. Anuj Chowdhury20132370767. Jakaria Ahmed20132370538. MD. Mutabbir Hossain2013237027

Born: January 17, 1892 Osaka, Japan Died: January 10, 1993Luther Gulick

Objectives The objectives of the study to know about-

Luther Gulicks life & time Gulicks principles on management Gulicks theory of Organization POSDCORB Function on management Criticism s of Gulicks Theories and POSDCORB view

Educational Background

Luther Gulick entered Oberlines preporatory school at the age of 141914- Graduated from Oberline college1920- Ph.D from Columbia University1939- Secured Litt.D1954- Conferred LL.D

Working Life1914: Served National Defence Council.1931-1942: Professor of Columbia University.1936-1938: Presidents committee on Administrative Management.1921-1962: President of Institution of Public Administration.1954-1956: City Administrator of New York city.

Books & Research Articles Evolution Of The Budget In Massachusetts (1920)

Administrative Reflections from world war II (1948)

American Foreign Policy (1951)

Papers On The Science Of Administration

Notes On The Theory Of Organization(1937)

Influenced By

Henry fayol: Administrative Management Theory

F.W Taylor: Machine Model of Man.

Observation

* Task are highly dissimilar * Need improvements to administrative structures and methods. * Organizational designed should be guided by the line -staff principle* Organizations are unorganized. * Have no design for control.

Principles of Gulick 1. Division of work on specialization. 2. Departmental organization. 3. Co-ordination through Hierarchy. 4. Co-ordination through committers. 5. Delegation. 6. Deliberate co-ordination. 7. Decentralization. 8. Unity of command. 9. Line and staff. 10. Span of control.

THEORIES OF GULICK

DepartmentalizationPOSDCORBCo-ordinationDivision Of Work

Theory of DepartmentalizationIn Departmentalization theory, Gulick Identifies four department-

Limitations of Departmentalization

The Theory of Departmentalization are criticized on the basis that-

1. They are incompatible with each other. 2. They are overlap between them. 3. They are also vague. 4. Are perspective rather than descriptive.

HUMAN NATURETIMESPACE

Limitations of Division of work:

1. The volume of work involve in man-hours.2. The technology and custom at a given time and place.3. The subdivision of work must not pass beyond physical division into organic division

Co-ordination of work:

Co-ordination of work can be achieved in two ways-

1. By organization2. By dominance of an idea

Co-ordination through organization

> Define the job to be done.> Provide a director to see that the objective in realized. > Determine the nature and number of individualized and specialized work units.> Establish and perfect the structure of authority

Span of control under co-ordination-

Gulick notes that the number of subordinates that can be handled by a manager depend on-

> Organizational stability > The specialization of the subordinate > Space

Unity of command under co-ordination-

Gulick has emphasized the theory of unit of command that-

> Each worker should only have one direct superior. > To avoid confusion and inefficiency.

POSDCORBIn 1935, Luther Gulick formulated POSDCORB,

Explanation of POSDCORB

> Planning: Outline the things need to be done.> Organizing: Establishment of the formal structure and authority.> Staffing: Training the staff and maintaining favorable conditions of work.> Directing: Giving orders and instructions to control the subordinates.> Coordinating: Duty of interlating the various parts of the work.> Reporting: Informig the authority what is going on.> Budgeting: Form of fiscal planning, accounting and control.

Criticism

Public administration scholars such as Robert Dahl, Dwight Waldo and Herbert A. Simon released articles and books criticizing POSDCORB.

> Simon states that the POSDCORB principles are-

1. Oversimplification of administration2. Vagueness and ambiguities involved in applying this principle in a real world setting in specialization principles.3. The principle unity of command is contradicts the principle of specialization.

References1. Administrative Thinkers edited by D. Ravindra Prasad, V. Sivalinga2. Organizational Theory And Public Management- Jonathan R. Tompkins3. Notes on the theory Organization- Luther Gulick. (1937)4. Papers on the science of Administration- Luther Gulick & Lyndall Urwick5. Publicadministrationtheone.blogspot.com6. Wikipedia