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Luther H. Gulick
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“It is appropriate at the outset of this discussion to consider the reasons for and the effect of the division of work. It is sufficient for our purpose to note the following factors.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The theory of organization... has to do with the structure of co-ordination imposed upon the work-division units of an enterprise.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The efficiency of a group working together is directly related to the homogeneity of the work they are performing.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is the work of the chief executive? What does he do?”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[POSDCORB as]... statement of the work of a chief executive is adapted from the functional analysis elaborated by Henri Fayol in his "Industrial and General Administration." It is believed that those who know administration intimately will find in this analysis a valid and helpful pattern, into which can be fitted each of the major activities and duties of any chief executive.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Students of administration have long sought a single principle of effective departmentalization just as alchemists sought the philosophers' stone. But they have sought in vain. There is apparently no one most effective system of departmentalism.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The power of an idea to serve as the foundation of co-ordination is so great that one may observe many examples of co-ordination even in the absence of any single leader or of any framework of authority.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It may also be noted that the authoritarian states are in trouble internationally. Some regard this as intentional, as part of the diversion and scapegoat technique, while others think that it is more or less inevitable because of the very co-ordination of the economic activities of the individual nations in question.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A workman subject to orders from several superiors will be confused, inefficient, and irresponsible; a workman subject to orders from but one superior may be methodical, efficient, and responsible.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Administration has to do with getting things done; with the accomplishment of defined objectives. The science of administration is thus the system of knowledge whereby men may understand relationships, predict results, and influence outcomes in any situation where men are organized at work together for a common purpose.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 189; cited in: Marshall W. Meyer (1985), Limits to Bureaucratic Growth, p. 18
“Public administration is that part of the science of administration which has to do with government, and thus concerns itself primarily with the executive branch, where the work of government is done, though there are obviously administrative problems also in connection with the legislative and the judicial branches. Public administration is thus a division of political science, and one of the social sciences.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fundamental objective of the science of administration is the accomplishment of the work in hand with the least expenditure of man-power and materials. Efficiency is thus axiom number one in the value scale of administration. This brings administration into apparent conflict with certain elements of the value scale of politics, whether we use that term in its scientific or in its popular sense. But both public administration and politics are branches of political science, so that we are in the end compelled to mitigate the pure concept of efficiency in the light of the value scale of politics and the social order. There are, for example, highly inefficient arrangements like citizen boards and small local governments which may be necessary in a democracy as educational devices. It has been argued also that the spoils system, which destroys efficiency in administration, is needed to maintain the political party, that the political party is needed to maintain the structure of government, and that without the structure of government, administration itself will disappear. While this chain of causation has been disproved under certain conditions, it none the less illustrates the point that the principles of politics may seriously affect efficiency. Similarly in private business it is often true that the necessity for immediate profits growing from the system of private ownership may seriously interfere with the achievement of efficiency in practice.”
Luther H. Gulick (1892–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source