Luther Gulick (social scientist)
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Luther Halsey III Gulick (January 17, 1892 in Osaka – January 10, 1993 in New York) was an expert on public administration.
Among many other accomplishments in the field of public administration, Gulick is perhaps best known for the functions of the executive represented in the acronym POSDCORB. Each letter stands for Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting and Budgeting.
In a time where the prevalent theme was the separation of politics and administration, Gulick advocated that it was impossible to separate the two.