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These are:
1. Division of Work or Specialization.
2. Bases of departmental organization.
3. Co-ordination though hierarchy.
4. Deliberate co-ordination
5. Co-ordination through committees
6. Decentralization
7. Delegation
8. Unity of Command
9. Span of Control
10. Line and Staff
Gulick also identified seven important elements of
administration. He coined an acronym “POSDCORB” to
illustrate these functional elements. POSDCORB stand for
planning, organising, staffing, directing, co-ordinating,
reporting and budgeting.
These are:
3. Unity of Command