POSDCORB

Faculty Advisor : Prof . Shankar

Name : Prabhakaran J
Date : 24-07-2009

What is POSDCORB?
1937 Luther Gulick & L.Urwick

7 major activities & duties of any

executive

Its used to describe the 7 functions of

managers

POSDCORB
P Planning
O Organising
S Staffing
D Directing
CO Coordinating
R Reporting
B Budgeting

 1. Planning working out in broad outline

what needs to be done and the method
for doing it to accomplish the stated
purpose.
2. Organizing the establishment of a formal
structure of authority through which work
subdivisions are arranged, defined, and
coordinated for the objective.

 3. Staffing the whole personnel function

of bringing in and training the staff and
maintaining favorable work conditions.
4. Directing the continuous task of
making decisions, embodying them in
specific and
general orders and instructions while
serving as a leader.

 5. Coordinating the all-important duty of

interrelating the various parts of the
organization.
6. Reporting keeping those3 to whom the
executive is responsible informed as to
what is going on, which includes keeping
that individual and subordinates informed
through records, research and inspection

 7. Budgeting all that goes with

budgeting in the form of fiscal
planning, accounting
and control.

Thank you!!!