Henri Fayol was a key figure in today's management theory. Fayol laid down the following principles of management:
1.Specialization of labor- Specializing encourages continuous improvement in skills and the development of improvements in methods.
2.Authority- The right to give orders and the power to exact obedience.
3.Discipline- No slacking, bending of rules.
4.Unity of command- Each employee has one and only one boss.
5.Unity of direction- A single mind generates a single plan and all play their part in that plan.
6.Subordination of Individual Interests- When at work, only work things should be pursued or thought about.
7.Remuneration- Employees receive fair payment for services, not what the company can get away with.
8.Centralization- Consolidation of management functions. Decisions are made from the top.
9.Scalar Chain (line of authority)- Formal chain of command running from top to bottom of the organization, like military
Man thinking on a train journey.
Henri Fayol
Hrvatski: Fayolova načela upravljanja10.Order- All materials and personnel have a prescribed place, and they must remain there.
11.Equity- Equality of treatment (but not necessarily identical treatment)
12.Personnel Tenure- Limited turnover of personnel. Lifetime employment for good workers.
13.Initiative- Thinking out a plan and do what it takes to make it happen.
14.Esprit de corps- Harmony, cohesion among personnel.
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).
He saw a manager's job as:
1. Planning- Defining and organizing an organization's goals and establishing an overall strategy for achieving those goals.
2.Organizing- Organizing a business to provide it with everything useful to it's functioning such as raw materials, tools, capital, and personnel.
3. Commanding- A manager in command that knows the people he/she works with, understands all of the...