HENRY FAYOL

Henri Fayol(1841-1925) was a French management theorist. Henri Fayol was one of the most influential contirbutors to modern concepts of management, having suggested that the are five basic functions of management: 1)planning 2)organizing 3)commanding 4)coordinating 5)controlling. The fifth function is about informing the manager in order to make necessary adjustments. Fayol regard the test of time and has shown to be relevant and appropriate to contemporary management.

Fayol believed in management therories could be developed, and then taught.His theories were published in a monograph General and Industrial Management in 1916

Fayol suggested there should have a command unity and should be a supervisor for each prson in ana organization.He also said that management is a universal human activity that applies equally well to the family as it does to the corporation.

Fayol has been mentioned as the father of operational management theory.Some writers found a close association between Fayol and Taylor.They both suggested the efficient organisation of production in the context of a competitive enterprise that has to control its production costs.Despite this similar claim,there is a big differet viewpoint over this study.Taylor viewed management process from bottom up,when Fayol viewed it from the top down.In General and Industrial Management,Fayol said that Taylor starts with the most elemental units of activity,study their actions's effects on productivity and then develop some new methods.According to Taylor the approach results in a "negation of principle of unity command(p.44) Taylor seperated system many part.Therefore this cause to become many managers in the system.However Fayol claims that it was unworkable situation, and that Taylor must have somehow reconciled the dichotomy in some way not described in Taylor's works.

Fayol developed his concept of administration based upon his own management experience.In his book General and Industiral Management the 14 principles of management were shown:

1)Specilization labour 2)authory 3)discipline 4)unity of command 5)unity of direction 6)subordination of Individual Interests 7)remuneration 8)cenralization 9)chain of superiors 10)order 11)equity 12)personal tenure 13)initiative 14)harmony

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