Challenges have been made to validate "classical" forms of management. This study facilitates suggestions to view organizational theory from a design perspective. Affirming how Luther Gulick explored design, tests of a construct were used to substantiate POSDCORB as a framework. Integrated within are elements of linguistics and Alexandrian patterns. An instrument development model was used to approximate POSDCORB as it demonstrated acceptable content validity, as well as construct validity and reliability. Having explored a proxy, models were established using multivariate data. The study provides framework-theory-model scenarios, evidence to indicate the adoption of institutions, and element support.