Henri Fayol
Henri Fayol
Henri Fayol
Henri Fayol
Fayol was a key figure in the turn-of-the-century Classical School of management theory. He
saw a manager's job as:
planning
organizing
commanding
coordinating activities
controlling performance
Notice that most of these activities are very task-oriented, rather than people-oriented. This is
very like Taylor and Scientific Management.
Fayol laid down the following principles of organization (he called them principles of
management):
Out of the 14, the most important elements are specialization, unity of command, scalar chain,
and, coordination by managers (an amalgam of authority and unity of direction).