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1. HENRI FAYOL
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2. HENRI FAYOL

3. HENRI FAYOL (1841 – 1925) WAS A FRENCH COAL-MINE
ENGINEER, DIRECTOR OF MINES AND MODERN
MANAGEMENT THEORETICIAN. HIS SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT THEORY FORMS THE BASE FOR BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD, THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS
FAYOLISM. HENRI FAYOL PROVIDED ONE OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL MODERN MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS OF HIS
TIME.

4. CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE
• HENRI FAYOL WAS BORN ON JULY 29, 1841, IN
CONSTANTINOPLE (CURRENT ISTANBUL) TO
FRENCH PARENTS.
• FATHER : ANDRÉ FAYOL MOTHER :EUGÉNIE
CANTIN FAYOL
• HIS FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER IN THE MILITARY
AND WAS APPOINTED THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
WORKS TO BUILD A BRIDGE OVER THE GOLDEN
HORN (GALATA BRIDGE).
• HIS FAMILY RETURNED TO FRANCE IN 1847.
FAYOL STUDIED AT THE MINING SCHOOL AND

5. CAREER
• HENRI FAYOL WAS A FRENCH INDUSTRIALIST, MINING ENGINEER,
EXECUTIVE, AND DIRECTOR OF MINES.
• HENRI FAYOL WAS EMPLOYED AS A MINING ENGINEER BY
STEPHANE MONY FOR HIS COAL MINING COMPANY.
• COMPANY WAS IN A SITUATION OF INSOLVENCY, ACCEPTED THE
CHALLENGE AND APPLIED HIS MANAGERIAL TECHNIQUES TO BRING
OUT THE COMPANY FROM THIS SITUATION AND SUCCEEDED.
• HE WAS PROMOTED AS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE
COMPANY IN 1888.
• WHEN HE RETIRED AFTER 30 YEARS THE COMPANY WAS A LEADING
COAL STEEL COMPANY WITH STRONG FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.
• IN 1878, FAYOL WAS INVITED TO THE PARIS CONGRESS OF THE
MINING INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY TO PRESENT A REPORT ON THE
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF COAL EXPOSED TO AIR. THIS
WORK WAS WELL APPRECIATED AND RECEIVED POSITIVE REVIEWS
WHICH MADE FAYOL AN INFLUENTIAL MAN IN THE FIELD OF

6. • FAYOL DEVELOPED THREE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS WITHIN THE
ADMINISTRATIVE MODEL WHICH HE STUDIED IN BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS: THE DIVISION OF LABOR, THE APPLICATION OF
AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS AND THE FORMULATION OF THE
TECHNICAL CRITERIA THAT WOULD GUIDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTION.
• OWING TO HIS PRACTICAL EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF
MANAGEMENT, FAYOL WAS ABLE TO HELP HIS COMPANY SURVIVE
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND THRIVE. UNDER HIS ABLE LEADERSHIP,
THE COMPANY BECAME ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF
IRON AND STEEL IN FRANCE.
• HENRI FAYOL COINED THE NEW TERM “FAYOLISM” IN HIS FIRST
BOOK WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 1916. IT IS A THEORY THAT
ANALYZED THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS. HIS

7. CONTRIBUTIONS
• GROUPING OF ACTIVITIES OF AN INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATION INTO SIX GROUPS, NAMELY- TECHNICAL,
COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, SECURITY, ACCOUNTING AND
MANAGERIAL;
• IDENTIFIED SIX TYPES OF QUALITIES OF A MANAGER -
PHYSICAL, MENTAL, MORAL, EDUCATIONAL, TECHNICAL
AND EXPERIENCE;
• THE FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO

9. MAJOR WORKS
• IN 1916, HENRI FAYOL’S BOOK ‘GENERAL AND
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT ’ IN WHICH HE WROTE
ABOUT HIS WORK EXPERIENCES GOT PUBLISHED.
IT WAS IN THIS BOOK THAT HE PRESENTED HIS
FAMOUS THEORY OF “FAYOLISM.”
• IN 1921, HE PUBLISHED ‘THE INDUSTRIAL
DISABILITY OF THE STATE’ IN WHICH HE GIVES HIS
VIEW THAT A CAPITALIST ECONOMY SHOULD BE
ABLE TO OPERATE FREELY WITH MINIMUM
GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION AND

10. FAMILY
•HENRI FAYOL MARRIED ADELADE CELESTE
MARIE SAULE IN 1875. THEY HAD THREE
CHILDREN: MADELEINE-MARIE-EUGENIE
FAYOL, ENRI JOSEPH FAYOL, AND MARIE-
CELESTE FAYOL.
DEATH
•HENRI FAYOL DIED ON NOVEMBER 19, 1925,

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