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    Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer and director of mines in the late 19th/early 20th century. He developed one of the first comprehensive theories of business administration, known as Fayolism. Fayol argued that management was a distinct, universal activity consisting of five core functions: planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. He also outlined 14 principles of management, including division of work, authority and responsibility, unity of command, and discipline. Fayol's work was highly influential and helped establish the field of management studies.

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    Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer and director of mines in the late 19th/early 20th century. He developed one of the first comprehensive theories of business administration, known as Fayolism. Fayol argued that management was a distinct, universal activity consisting of five core functions: planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. He also outlined 14 principles of management, including division of work, authority and responsibility, unity of command, and discipline. Fayol's work was highly influential and helped establish the field of management studies.

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    Henri Fayol

    Istanbul, 29 July 1841Paris, 19 November


    1925)
    He was a French mining engineer and director of
    mines
    He developed a general theory of business
    administration known as Fayolism.
    Director of "Compagnie de Commentry-
    Fourchambeau-Decazeville" in Commentry in 1888
    Administrative Principle
    by Henri Fayol

    This theory dealt with the entire organization (both
    workers and management) which functioned with
    four basic principles. Which are:
    Unity of command Each person receives order from
    only one superior.
    Division of work Specialization and efficiency were
    incorporated in workers.
    Unity of direction Related activities were grouped
    under one manager.
    Scalar Chain is the organizational structure which
    starts from the CEOs to the labourers.

    HENRI FAYOLS Administrative
    Management
    He described management as a universal set of
    functions that included Planning, Organizing,
    Commanding, Coordinating and Controlling.
    He described the practice of management as
    something distinct from accounting, finance,
    production, distribution and other typical business
    functions.
    He argued that management was an activity common
    to all endeavours in business, government and even in
    the home.

    HENRI FAYOLS Administrative
    Management
    Fayol separated General Principles of
    Management from elements of
    Management.

    Elements of Management later on regarded as
    functions of management. He described
    management as a universal set of 6 functions :
    1.Forecasting
    2. Planning
    3. Organizing
    4. Commanding
    5. Coordinating
    6. Controlling
    Many of todays management texts including
    have reduced the six functions to 5:
    (1) Planning
    (2) Organizing
    (3) Command
    (4) Leading
    (5) Controlling

    He noted if firms have too much specialization then it
    leads to poor quality and worker involvement.
    Distinguished management activities from technical
    activities.
    Stressed the need for management education.
    Found that there a lack of management theory.
    Presented 14 Key principles of Mgmt as:

    14 principle of Fayol are:
    1. Division of work (allows for job specialization)
    2. Authority & Responsibility (interrelated, Two types of authority
    are official and personal authority. Official authority is derived
    from managers position and personal authority is derived from
    personal qualities such as intelligence, experience, moral worth
    etc. Responsibility arises due to the assignment of work.)
    3. Unity of command (Employee should have one commanding
    authority and employee should be reporting to a single superior)
    4. Discipline (Need of obedient, application, energy, behavior,
    respectful employees)
    5. Unity of direction (Different group of Employees with the same
    objectives should work in one direction and should have a
    communication and reporting to a single authority)
    6. Subordination of individual interest to the general
    interest(Setting an example of fairness and goodness is must,
    which can discourage individual ambitiion, laziness, weakness)
    7. Remuneration (Fair and satisfactory scale of remuneration)
    8. Centralization (. Consolidation of management functions.
    Decisions are made from top.)
    9. Line of Authority (a clear chain from top to bottom of the
    organization)
    10. Order (A place for everything and everything should be in
    place (material order), right man at the right place (social
    order), demands precise knowledge of requirements and
    resources and relation between them.)
    11. Equity (combination of justice and kindness, brings loyalty,
    needs good sense, experience and good nature)
    12. Stability of tenure of personnel (giving enough time for
    stability- the theory Z principle)
    13. Initiative (thinking and execution of a plan. Increases zeal and
    energy, but should be within the limits of authority and
    discipline)
    14. Esprit de corps (Union is strength and is an extension of unity
    of command, setting right the erring employee with oral
    directions and not with written explanation)


    Notable publication

    General and Industrial Management, 1916 (in
    French); Sir Isaac Pitman,London, 1949 (in
    English)

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