ELEMENTS OF MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL CARE UNIT

Functions/Elements of management of critical care unit

Administration may be defined as all the actions rationally performed by one person  or a number of persons to fulfill a common purpose set by someone else of their accomplishment

Prof. Luther Gullick(1937)- summed up certain principles or elements in the word “POSDCORB”.

It consist of the initials of a number of words under each of which some administrative activity has been classified and named

“POSDCORB”

•      Is of course  a made up word designed to call attention to the various functional elements of “administration” and “management”

–     Planning

–     Organizing

–     Staffing

–     Directing

–     CO-ordinating

–     Reporting

–     Budgeting

Planning

Working out a broad outline, the things that need to be done and the methods for doing them to accomplish the purpose set for the enterprises or of the purpose in hand

Organizing

This is the establishment of the formal structure of authority through which work subdivisions are arranged , defined and co- ordinated for the defined objectives

Staffing

The whole personnel function of bringing in and  training the staff and maintaining favorable conditions of work

Directing

It is the continuous task of making decisions and embodying them, in specific and general orders and instructions and serving as leader of the enterprise

Co- ordinationg

All important duty of interrelating the various parts of the work and eliminating of overlapping and conflict

Reporting

That is keeping those to whom the executive is responsible informed as to what is going on, which thus includes keeping himself and his subordinates informed through records , research  and inspection

Budgeting

All that goes with budgeting in the form of fiscal planning, accounting and control