The administrative management approach in public administration focuses on the principles and techniques required for the effective management of organisations. It is mainly concerned with administrative processes, division of work, authority, coordination, discipline and efficiency. Several major thinkers contributed to the development of this approach, among whom Henri Fayol, Luther Gulick, Lyndall Urwick and James D. Mooney are particularly important. Henri Fayol is regarded as one of the pioneers of administrative management. He developed a general theory of administration based on his experience in industrial management. Fayol identified five important functions of administration: planning, organising, commanding, coordinating and controlling. He also proposed fourteen principles of management, including division of work, authority and responsibility, discipline, unity of command, unity of direction, subordination of individual interest to general interest, remuneration, centralisation, scalar chain, order, equity, stability of personnel, initiative and esprit de corps. Fayol believed that these principles could be applied to different types of organisations, including public administration. Luther Gulick extended Fayol's ideas to the field of public administration. His most significant contribution was the concept of POSDCORB,