Henri Fayol's management principals

What is Henri Fayol’s administrative theory?

• An ideally run organization consists of a group of people organized into a hierarchical structure

• It looks at the organization from the top down, and sets out steps for managers to get the best from employees and to run a business efficiently

• A theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows.

List any four of Fayol’s management principals.

• Centralization; Remuneration; Discipline; Division of work

• Equity; Stability; Unionization; Division of work

• Discipline; Unity of command; Unity of spirit; Subordination of individual interest

What is meant by the term Espirit de corps?

• The ability of management to be able to compensate workers

• The ability of management to have spirits available on the job

• The ability of management to motivate their employees and be supportive of each other regularly

Why is unity of command important in a business?

• If an employee follows more than one boss the organizational structure will be compromised

• If an employee has to follow more than one boss, there begins a conflict of interest and can create confusion.

• If an employee is the boss then he has only himself to lead

Why is job stability important to an employee?

• An employee delivers the best if they feel secure in their job.

• So an employee would be able to survive post-pandemic

• An employee will be fulfilling one of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs