HENRI FAYOL

Father of Modern Management

 Father of
Modern
Management
July 29, 1841 -Nov. 19, 1925
  Henri was born in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey in 1841.
His father, an engineer, was appointed building
supervisor for the construction of bridge over the
Golden Horn (Galata Bridge). His family returned to
Henri Fayol France in 1847. He studied mining engineering at the
Ecole Nationale Superieuere des Mines Academy in
Saint-Etienne.
Henri Fayol is claimed to be the
father of Modern Management,
he was an engineer in a mining
company and he improved the
condition of the company from
virtual bankruptcy to high
success.
 From his practical experience, he developed
some techniques which he felt could be used in
management situation, irrespective of the
organizational framework which is the 14 Basic
Management principles. The Basic Principle of
management was in competition with that of
another great theoritician Frederick Taylor.
 1. Division of Work
2. Authority and Responsibility
3. Discipline
4. Unit of Command
5. Unity of Direction
6. Subordination of Individual interest and General interest
14 Basic 7. Remuneranation of Personnel
Management 8. Centralization

Principles of Fayol 9. Scalar Chain

10. Order
11. Equity
12. Stability of Tenure of the personnel
13. Initiative
14. Esprit de Corps
He also wrote a book entitled,
General and Industrial
Management in french that was
later on translated to English.
  1929. Allgemeine und industrielle Verwaltung. München und Berlin:
Oldenbourg.
 1927. The importance of the administrative factor. Readings in
management: Landmarks and new frontiers.
 1921. L’incapacité industrielle de l’Etat: les PTT. Dunod.
 1918. De l’importance de la fonction administrative dans la
gouvernement des affaires…: Conférence faite le 24 novembre
1917. Ph. Renouard.

Other Works of  1918. Notice sur les travaux scientifiques et techniques de M. Henri
Fayol. Gauthier-Villars.

Fayol  1918. L administration positive dans l industrie. La Technique

Moderne, 1, 74.
 1917. Administration industrielle et générale; prévoyance,
organisation, commandement, coordination, controle. Paris, H.
Dunod et E. Pinat, OCLC 40224931
 1916. General and Industrial Management. Martino Fine Books.
 1887. Etudes sur le terrain houiller de Commentry: lithologie et
stratigraphie (Vol. 1). impr. de Théolier.
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