Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer and management theorist. He is considered the father of modern management. In his 1916 book, he proposed the six primary functions of management as planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. He also outlined 14 principles of management including division of work, authority and responsibility, and discipline. Fayol viewed management as a profession and offered universal prescriptions for managers. While his work was influential, it has also been criticized for being too general and not empirical. Overall, Fayol made a significant early contribution to defining management theory.

1. Major Contributor
Of
Management Thought
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2. HENRI FAYOL (1841-1925)
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3. INDEX
 Biography
 Contribution to the field of management
 Evaluation
 Application of Fayol’s theory in organizations
 Limitation of the theory
 Conclusion
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4. "To manage is to forecast and to plan, to
organise, to command, to coordinate and to
control".
- Henri Fayol
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5. Biography
 French mining engineer and a management theorist
 Studied at mining school in Saint-Etienne
 Started as an engineer at a mining company and became
Director in 1888.
 Wrote a book in 1916 “Administration Industrielle et generale.”
First management thinker who provided the conceptual
framework of the functions of management in his book.
Due to his contribution to management theory and principles,
Henry Fayol is rightly treated as the Father of Modern
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6. Contribution to the field of Management
 Administrative Management Theory
 Principles of Management
 Viewed management as a profession that can
be trained and developed
 Emphasized the broad policy aspects of top
level managers ( top down approach)
 Offered universal managerial prescriptions
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7. Administrative Management Theory
The functions of management according to
Fayol are:
Planning
Organising
Staffing
Commanding
Coordinating
Controlling
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8. Principles of Management
1. Division of work.
2. Authority and responsibility.
3. Discipline.
4. Unity of command.
5. Unity of direction.
6. Subordination of personal interest to
organizational interests.
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9. Contd…
7. Remuneration
8. Centralization
9. Scalar chain
10. Order
11. Equity
12. Stability of tenure
13. Span of co-operation
14. Initiative
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10. Viewed management as a profession
 Fayol’s theory of management was the first
complete theory of management as we
understand today.
 It incorporated proven principles, elements,
procedures and techniques based on his
practical experience.
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11. Offered universal managerial prescriptions
 He recommended the selection and training
of workers and managers.
 He suggested certain qualities of manager’s
winch include physical, mental, moral,
educational technical and experience.
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12. Application
 Emergence of knowledge society.
 Development of socially concerned Humanistic
society.
 Growing use of innovations and R & D.
 Social accountability of business.
 Satisfaction of human and social values in
man-machine system.
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13. Evaluation
 Fayol’s contribution to management theory is
certainly remarkable.
 He gave overall concepts of general
management and suggested the basic
functions of management.
 In fact, the 14-principles are the outcome of
his long experience as a practicing manager.
 He also advocated the use of organisation
charts.
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14. Limitations
 Stressed a “one best way” way of organizing and
managing.
 Theory based on intuition and observation rather than
on empirical investigation.
 Today’s environment are more turbulent and
unpredictable.
 Too general for today’s highly complex organization.
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15. Conclusion
The management principles suggested by him
are universally accepted by modern authorities
on management and are treated as valid even to
this day. This is because these principles are
practical in nature and also result-oriented. These
basic principles are useful for effective
management of business activities.
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16. THANK YOU
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