POSDCORB

Just about any project involving two or more people requires POSDCORB, which stands for planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting.

Planning entails deciding what tasks to perform, then determining their logical sequence and the time allotted to do them; organizing, defining organizational structure and responsibilities; staffing, acquiring people to fulfill organizational structures and responsibilities; directing, making decisions; coordinating, ensuring that all activities and events occur smoothly; reporting, obtaining useful feedback; and budgeting, designating or allocating monies to make the project happen. Failure to perform one or more of these tasks can seriously impair the progress of your project.

One benefit of POSDCORB is that it is easy to remember. Another is that it has been applied successfully in the past.

for Implementing POSDCORB

• Identify all major planning activities.
• Identify all major organizing activities.
• Identify all staffing activities.
• Identify all directing activities.
• Identify all coordinating activities.
• Identify all reporting activities.
• Identify all budgetary activities.