Industrial manufacturing began to play an increasingly important role in the economy more than 100 years ago. Since then, many writers have developed statement about what managers of organizations must do to be able to perform their managerial duties more effectively. One of them is Henry Fayol whose management theory has been in the greatest debate over time for its relevance for both the classic and contemporary management. Although there are limitations, disadvantages and improvements in need, Fayol’s theory was considered to be the foundation of all later theories in management. In order to claim our decision that his theory is still related to business management nowadays, Fayol’s theory of management should be investigated, then identified limitations and disadvantages associating when it is applied into 21st century.
First and foremost, to learn more about the foundation for the birth of the management theory and its details, we will look at Fayol’s life, work, attainments and his theory. Henri Fayol was born in France in 1841, educated at the Lycée at Lyons and afterward trained to be a mining engineer at the national School of Mines at St Etienne. He then joined the Commentry - Fourchambault Company, a coal mining and iron foundry combine where he quickly ascended through the managerial ranks – from engineer aged 19, became manager of the Commentry pits at the age of 25, to manager of a group of coalmines at 31. When being 47 years old, he finally took the position of managing director of Commentry - Fourchambault and remained as its chief executive until retiring in 1918. In the 1916 to 1923 period, he published General and Industrial Management and set up a Centre for Administrative Studies (CAS) to develop and publiciz...
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...Fayol distinguished administration function from technical and commercial functions. He mentioned about the challenge to educate engineers. Instead of spending too much time and effort to mathematic and theoretical instruction, engineers should be taught about administration which was considered as the art of managing people. Also, he extended to 14 principles which had been found useful, flexible and adaptable to direct managerial actions. In 1908, Fayol demonstrated the essentials for long-range planning to adapt to changing environment and the organizations’ hierarchy to provide a view of the departments and defining communication of relationship between people in charge. Then, he listed some tools which managers used: accounting statements, frequent reports and conferences for coordination. The First World War interrupted his major work being issued until 1916.
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In the film Regarding Henry, the main character, Henry, gets himself in a situation that changes his life forever. Henry experiences internal and external conflicts which causes his superego and id to show. A superego is the source of conscious that inhibits the socially undesirable impulses of the id. On the other hand, the id is the biological urges. After watching Henry behave after his traumatizing experience, both good and bad sides of his superego and id are shown as well as the superego in his natural state.
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Today’s era of business world adapts to everything new but these modern concepts are an indirect tribute to the theories produced by Taylor, Fayol, Mayo and Weber. Taylor’s Scientific management theory is one such example which has become such an important aspects of modern management that it feels unbelievable that his concepts were a part of the history. It is falsely assumed that as the society progresses, the older theories tend to lose their importance. The thing to be noted here is that these theories are based on basic human needs which do not change with time; the thing that changes is the method to fulfil those needs. Investigating earlier management theories is important because these theories are less complex and provide immediate solution to the problems. These theories basically help us to go to the root of the problem and understand its complexity. The better understanding we have about the problem, the easier it is to accomplish the objectives of the company. The following essay states the importance of the Taylor’s Scientific management theory and how it is implemented even today in the business world.
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Management plays a significant role in how business operates. The diversity of approaches to the theoretical and practical background of management has come up with several versions of what is meant by such key words as management and organization. The academia views expressed in relation to management theories take a different role than that prescribed to managers. There has not been any concrete definition of management even though the classic definition of Henri fayol still remains in contention to be the preferred choice after eighty years. In the context of what is required I would like to elaborate on the following journals.