Henry Fayol, described as the father of modern operational management theory (George,n.d.,146), thought management as a prcess, and divided it mainly five functions:
1) Planning:
According to Fayol, the unity of commands was a vety important issue for management. Therefore, he believed that it would be good if every people im management joined to planning.
2) Organizing:
Organizing is an important function because it makes the company work in combination to reach their aims.
3) Commanding:
To make good decisions and to head the staff efficiently, a director should know his or her staff.
4) Coordination:
By coordinating, a firm works easily and there will be a unity in the firm.
5) Controlling:
To make necessarily correction, a director should get feedback by controlling.
14 points, which were described by Fayol and published in General and Industrial Managment in 1949, help people to apply the management functions:
1. Specialization of labour
2. Authority
3. Discipline
4. Unity of command
5. Unity of direction
6. Subordination of individual interests
7. Remuneration
8. Centralization
9. Chain of superiers
10. Order
11. Equit
12. Personnel tenre
13. Initiative
14. Esprit de corps
According to Fayol, there exists mainly 6 activities in a firm:
1. Tecnique activities
2. Comercial activities
3. Financil activities
4. Security activities
5. Accounting activities
6. Management actievities
Generally Frederic Taylor approached scientific management from workers' side, and studied for increasing technical and economic efficiency. On the other hand, Henry Fayol applied system management to execution.
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder