Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET December 2018 Political Science
Who among the following said, 'Like physics or chemistry, administration is governed by principles'?
AL. D. White
BH. Simon
CGulick ✓ Correct
DUrwick
Correct answer: (C) Gulick — Luther Gulick said that, like physics or chemistry, administration is governed by principles, so the answer is Gulick.
Explanation
★Luther Gulick said that, like physics or chemistry, administration is governed by principles, so the answer is Gulick.
★Gulick championed the classical view that administration could be raised to the status of an exact science.
★With Urwick he edited 'Papers on the Science of Administration' (1937) and coined the acronym POSDCORB.
★His confidence in universal principles defined the 'principles of administration' phase of the discipline's evolution.
★L. D. White is wrong; he wrote the first public administration text (1926) but is not the source of this particular maxim.
★Herbert Simon is wrong, and indeed opposite, for he dismissed such principles as mere proverbs.
★Urwick is wrong as the co-editor and collaborator, but the quoted line is attributed to Gulick himself.
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