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POSDCORB: A Guide to Management Steps

POSDOCRB is an acronym that outlines the key steps in administrative management: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting. It was first developed by Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick to provide a systematic framework for efficiently executing business processes. The steps include: planning activities and timelines, organizing and refining subprocesses, staffing by recruiting and selecting candidates, directing by decision making and delegating instructions, coordinating interconnected components, reporting on progress, and budgeting financial planning and control.

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POSDCORB: A Guide to Management Steps

POSDOCRB is an acronym that outlines the key steps in administrative management: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting. It was first developed by Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick to provide a systematic framework for efficiently executing business processes. The steps include: planning activities and timelines, organizing and refining subprocesses, staffing by recruiting and selecting candidates, directing by decision making and delegating instructions, coordinating interconnected components, reporting on progress, and budgeting financial planning and control.

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What is POSDCORB

POSDCORB is an acronym which means Planning, Organizing,


Staf ng, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting and Budgeting which
was rst coined in a paper on administrative management that was
written for the Brownlow Committee by Luther Gulick and Lyndall
Urwick. POSDCORB can be used as a systematic framework for
ef ciently executing business processes in a company or by an
individual

Steps of POSDCOR
As we have already understood that POSDCORB is a series of
steps for management, we need to understand these steps
These are various steps or stages involved in a typical
administrative process. POSDCORB can be explained sequentially
in detail below
1.Plannin
This essentially refers to establishing a broad sketch of the work to
be completed and the procedures incorporated to implement them
Planning is the rst and most important step in POSDCORB as it
sets the overall structure of the process with activities and timelines
2.Organizin
Organizing involves formally classifying, de ning and synchronizing
the various sub-procesases or subdivisions of the work to be done.
It makes sure that the activities and timelines in the rst step of
planning are re ned and organized further so that right people can
be staffed to execute these tasks
3.Staf n
This involves recruiting and selecting the right candidates for the job
and facilitating their orientation and training while maintaining a
favorable work environment
4.Directin
This entails decision making and delegating structured instructions
and orders to execute them
Directing is an important step in the POSDCORB cycle as it makes
thing happen by giving clear objectives to teams and individuals
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5.Coordinatin
This basically refers to orchestrating and interlinking the various
components of the work
6.Reportin
Reporting involves regularly updating the superior about the
progress on the work related activities. The information
dissemination can be through records or inspection
7.Budgetin
Budgeting involves all the activities that under Auditing, Accounting,
Fiscal Planning and Control
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