Class No:6 (17.2.09) Administrative Management by Henri Fayol

Henri Fayol, a French industrialist took more holistic approach towards management. Unlike Taylor who focused only on "shop floor" production activities, Fayol took a comprehensive approach and identified the following dimensions of business.

  • Technical
  • Commercial
  • Financial
  • Accounting
  • Security
  • Administrative
He proposed that in order to cover all above aspects- administrative process must include the following functions
  • Planning
  • Organizing
  • Controlling
  • Commanding
  • Co-ordinating
Then based on above he propose 14 administrative principles.
  1. Division of work
  2. Authority and responsibility
  3. Discipline
  4. Unity of Direction
  5. Unity of Command
  6. Centralization
  7. Order
  8. Remuneration
  9. Subordinating individual interest to group interest
  10. Scalar chain
  11. Equity
  12. Stability of tenure of personnel
  13. Initiative
  14. Esprit de corps (team spirit)

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