Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Lyndall Urwick identified eight principles of organization. Which of the following is not part of those eight?
APrinciple of Correspondence
BPrinciple of Span of Control
CPrinciple of Coordination
DPrinciple of Generalization ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Principle of Generalization — The principle of generalization is not among Urwick's eight, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The principle of generalization is not among Urwick's eight, so that is the answer.
★Lyndall Urwick drew together earlier ideas into eight principles of organisation.
★They are the principles of objective, correspondence, responsibility and the scalar chain.
★They also include span of control, specialisation, coordination and definition.
★Correspondence, span of control and coordination all appear in this list.
★Specialisation, not generalization, is the eighth principle, since organisation rests on dividing work.
★Hence the principle of generalization is the one that does not belong.
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