Henri Fayol (1841-1925) who is known as the Father of Modern Management, was a French industrialist who developed a framework for studying management. He wrote “General and Industrial Management”. His five functions of managers were plan, organize, command, coordinate, and control.
Classification of Business ActivitiesAccording to Fayol, all activities could be classified into
- Technical (manufacturing or production)
- Commercial (buying, selling and exchange)
- Financial (search for and optimum use of capital)
- Security (protection of property and persons)
- Accounting (including statistics) and
- Managerial
His fourteen principles of management included division of work, authority and responsibility, discipline, unity of command, unity of direction, and subordination of individual interests to general interests, remuneration of personnel, centralization, scalar chain, order, equity, and stability of tenure of personnel, initiative, and esprit de corps (union is strength).… Read the rest