Presentation made for MPOB course, MBA, ASIET, Kalady

1. Henry Fayol
Presented by
JOBIN ABRAHAM
MPOB, MBA, ASIET
Prof. Nimal C Namboodiripad

2. Henri Fayol
• He was a French Mining Executive & Expert, who first
systematically analysed managerial behaviour.
• Along with FW Taylor he is considered as founder of
modern management methods.
• Unlike Taylor who was interested in the functions he
was interested in total organisation.
• Aimed at top management than shop floor.
• According to him sound management has certain
patterns which can be analysed.
• Felt management could be taught, managers need
not be born

3. Henri Fayol
• Born in Constantinople, Turkey in 1841 where his
father was a superintendent of works building the
Galata bridge that bridged Golden Horn
• The family returned to France in 1847
• Fayol graduated from the mining academy "École
Nationale Supérieure des Mines" in Saint-Étienne in
1860.
• In 1860 started working at the mining company
named "Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambault-
Decazeville" in Commentry as mining engineer.
• Died on November 19, 1925, Paris, France

4. Career
• During his time at the mine, he studied the causes,
prevention and fighting of underground fires and
reclamation burned mining areas
• Later as director, he made changes to improve
working situation in the mines, allowing employees
to work in teams, bringing in division of labor and
changing of duties.
• In 1888 he was promoted to managing director

5. Career
• Eventually, the board decided to abandon its iron
and steel business and the coal mines.
• They chose Henri Fayol to oversee this as the new
MD.
• Upon receiving the post, Fayol presented the board
with a plan to restore the firm which they accepted.
• When he retired in 1918, the company was
financially strong and one of the largest industrial
combines in Europe

6. Fayolism
• Based largely on his own management experience,
he developed his concept of administration.
• This concept came to be called Fayolism
• Fayol's work was one of the first comprehensive
statements of a general theory of management.
• He proposed that there were five primary functions
of management and fourteen principles of
management

7. Functions of Management
• The functions of management are:
• Planning
• Organizing
• commanding
• Coordinating
• Controlling

8. Principles of Management
• They 14 principles are:
– Division of labour – when workers do same tasks
repeatedly he becomes more efficient
– Authority – is power to give orders, responsibility is
its counterpart
– Discipline – employees must obey rules of
organisation and it’s a sign of effective leadership
– Unity of Command – an employee should report to
only one supervisor
– Unity of Direction – all groups should move in same
direction

9. Principles of Management
– Subordination - Common good over individual
interest
– Remuneration - all Workers must be paid a fair
wage for their services.
– Centralisation - centralisation refers to the
degree to which lower level employees are to be
involved in decision making.
– Heirarchy – Communication should follow the
line of authority from top management to the
lowest ranks which represents the scalar chain.

10. Principles of Management
– Order – There should be specific place for men
and even machines in an organisation
– Equity – managers should be fair to employees
and equal pay should be given to equal jobs
– Stability of staff – high employee turnover is
inefficient
– Initiative – employees allowed to ideate and then
implement the ideas will be highly motivated
– Espirit de corps – promoting team spirit will build
harmony in firm

11. Books
• Fayol, Henri (1900), Bassins houillers de Commentry et de
Decazeville, excursion sous la conduite de M. H. Fayol (in French),
Paris
• Fayol, Henri (1916), Administration industrielle et générale;
prévoyance, organisation, commandement, coordination,
controle (in French), Paris, H. Dunod et E. Pinat
• Fayol, Henri (1918), Notice sur les travaux scientifiques et
techniques (in French), Gauthier
• Fayol, Henri (1921), L'Incapacité industrielle de l'État: Les P. T. T (in
French), Paris Dunod
• Fayol, Henri 1923. La réforme administrative des PTT, tiré à part,
Dunod, 1923.
• de Calan, Pierre; Fayol, Henri (1963), Renaissance des libertés
économiques et sociales (in French), Plon

12. Book - Translations
• 1930. Industrial and General Administration. Translated by
J.A. Coubrough, London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. (The
foundations of Henri Fayol’s administrative theory)
• 1949. General and Industrial Management. Translated by
C. Storrs, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London.

13. THANK YOU
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fayol