Explanation

• POSDCORB is a classic acronym from Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick's 1937 work, Papers on the Science of Administration

POSDCORB Stands For

• Planning
• Organizing
• Staffing
• Directing
• Coordinating
• Reporting
• Budgeting

Explanation

• 28th President of the United States — Woodrow Wilson
• Widely known as the father of public administration
• 1887 essay: "The Study of Administration"
• Argued administration should be studied scientifically
• Advocated separating administration from politics

Explanation

• Vasco da Gama was a famous explorer and navigator from Portugal.

Additional information:

• Born: 1460, Sines, Portugal
• Died: 1524, Cochin, India
• Famous Achievement: First European to reach India by sea in 1498
• Significance: Opened direct maritime trade between Europe and Asia

Last verified on 15-01-2026

Explanation

• Charlotte Perkins Gilman defined androcentrism
• She wrote about it in 1911.
• Her book is titled The Man-Made World.
• Androcentrism—the practice of placing a male perspective at the center of culture, history, and human experience

Explanation

• Term coined: "Cultural lag"
• Who: American sociologist William F. Ogburn
• Date: 1922
• Book: Social Change with Respect to Culture and Original Nature
• Definition: The time it takes for non-material culture (values, laws) to catch up with rapid advances in material culture (technology)