Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick were influential classical thinkers in administrative theory. They worked closely together and were influenced by Taylor's scientific management ideas and military experience. Gulick focused on public administration as a professor and administrator, while Urwick founded a management consultancy. Together, they developed administrative theory principles related to organizational structure, coordination, and management. Their work built upon Taylor and Fayol and emphasized the importance of formal organization and structure. While influential, their theories also received criticism for weaknesses and duplication.

1. Luther Gulick and Lyndall
Urwick
Submitted by: Mohammad Omid Jami
15/10/2018

2. Content
Introduction
Life and times
Contributions
Criticism
Conclusion
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3. Introduction
Classical Thinkers
Closeness of contributions
Joint works
Same personal experience
Both had been influenced by military discipline and services
Bod had been influenced by Taylor an Fayol’s ideas
They developed the administrative to management theory together
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4. Luther Hasley Gulick
1892 Japan-1993 USA
• Born in Osaka, Japan
• Graduated in 1920 from Columbia
University
• Professor of Municipal Science and
Administration at Columbia University
• Director of its Institute of Public
Administration
• Served at National Defense Council
• City Administrator of New York City
• He died January 10, 1993 in Greensboro,
Vermont
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5. Books and Articles
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7. Lyndall Fownes Urwick
1891 -1983 UK
Born in Malvern, Worcestershire
Graduated from Oxford University
Worked as business man
Worked in army during WW1
Director of the International Management
Institute in Geneva 1928-33
Urwick, Orr & Partners (UOP) Ltd a
consultancy Company 1934-1961
During the WWII worked as Advisor to the
Treasury
Several international Awards and Gold medals
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8. Books and Articles
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9. Papers on Science of
Administration
Dynamic Administration
Freedom and Coordination
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Books and Articles
Urwick and Gulick

10. Administrative to Management theory
• Related to top management
• Influenced by Tylor and Fayol
• To reach 3Es there are certain principles of administration which should be
understood and followed
• Classical theory reached its zenith
• They both also emphasized on importance of structure and formal organization
• Administration should be considered as a science
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11. Luther Hasley Gulick’s 10 Principle
• DIVISION OF WORK OR
SPECIALISATION
• BASIS OF DEPARTMENTAL
ORGANISATIONS
• COORDINATION THROUGH
HIERARCHY
• DELIBERATE COORDINATION
• COORDINATION THROUGH
COMMITTES
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• DECENTRALISATION
• UNITY OF COMMAND
• STAFF AND LINE
• DELEGATION
• SPAIN OF CONTROL

12. Lyndall Fownes Urwick’s principles
1. Objectiveness
2. Corresspondence
3. Responsibility
4. Scalar
5. Span of Control
6. Specialisation
7. Cordination
8. Definition
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29 principles
Integrated Fayol’s fourteen
principles, Mooney and Reiley’s
principles of process and effect,
Taylor’s principles of
management and the ideas of
Follett and Graicunas

13. Critics
Herbert Simon
No evidence for principles
Lots of weaknesses on their theory
There is to much duplications on Urwicks 29 principles
“it is a fatal defect of the current principle of administration that, like
proverbs, they occur in pairs”
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14. Conclusion
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15. ‫تان‬ ‫توجه‬ ‫از‬ ‫سپاس‬
Thank you for your attention
‫مننه‬ ‫ډیره‬
DHANYAWAD
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