Sunday, March 1, 2009

Briefly describe the general principles of management as laid down by Henri Fayol. Is this list exhaustive?

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 as basic principles of Management.
  • Division of work
  • Authority and responsibility
  • Discipline
  • Unity of Direction
  • Unity of Command
  • Centralization
  • Order
  • Remuneration
  • Subordinating individual interest to group interest
  • Scalar chain
  • Equity
  • Stability of tenure of personnel
  • Initiative
  • Esprit de corps (team spirit)

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