Henri Fayol was a French engineer and manager in a mine industry and formed the theory to create the base of business administration and business management that is used today. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1841. He joined an engineering school in Lyon which is the second largest city of France. By the age of 19, he graduated as a mine engineer in 1860. As a engineer he joined Rambourg and Co at Boigues.
He was the first engineer who came up with the solution to various kinds of problem in his company. He spent his entire professional career in same company witnessing its growth. Henri Fayol’s solution included its issue of combustion, fire hazard and installations in mine. When he was just 25, Henry was appointed as a director of the …show more content…
The administrative process had a great impact on company’s timeline. This is with the same mines and the same plants, with the same financial resources, in the same commercial situation, the same board of directors, and the same personal that the company raises again to this moment. Therefore, some administrative methods leave the company to its ruin; other methods give it its prosperity back. Work, experience, knowledge and good will of several thousands of people had been sterilized by some dysfunctional administrative process. And other administrative processes emphasize all its strength. Fayol was head of a very large business with over 10,000 employees, which at the time, was comparable to today's international companies. He remained CEO until his retirement at the end of WWI, in 1918. Before his retirement in 1916, Fayol published his main book Administration Industrielle et Generale in the professional publication called Bulletin de la Société de l'industrie minérale. In 1917, he sets up the Centre for Administrative Studies (CAS) in …show more content…
This center was important in diffusing his ideas as he clearly distinguished between technical and managerial skills along with his functions and principle of management which still helps them to use it as a guideline to perform managerial activities. It organized seminars and colloquium with industrialists, public sector officials of the French state, engineers, the military, and various academics. The CAS was a platform from which collaboration and further works could be done.
He's considered to be among the most influential contributors to the modern concept of management, from 1921 to 1925, he collaborated to several studies on behalf of the French's public sector. Notably, he produced a study of the Post and Telecom Department as well as the French Tobacco and Match monopoly. Fayol's "14 Principles" was one of the earliest theories of management to be created, and remains one of the most
He was the first engineer who came up with the solution to various kinds of problem in his company. He spent his entire professional career in same company witnessing its growth. Henri Fayol’s solution included its issue of combustion, fire hazard and installations in mine. When he was just 25, Henry was appointed as a director of the …show more content…
The administrative process had a great impact on company’s timeline. This is with the same mines and the same plants, with the same financial resources, in the same commercial situation, the same board of directors, and the same personal that the company raises again to this moment. Therefore, some administrative methods leave the company to its ruin; other methods give it its prosperity back. Work, experience, knowledge and good will of several thousands of people had been sterilized by some dysfunctional administrative process. And other administrative processes emphasize all its strength. Fayol was head of a very large business with over 10,000 employees, which at the time, was comparable to today's international companies. He remained CEO until his retirement at the end of WWI, in 1918. Before his retirement in 1916, Fayol published his main book Administration Industrielle et Generale in the professional publication called Bulletin de la Société de l'industrie minérale. In 1917, he sets up the Centre for Administrative Studies (CAS) in …show more content…
This center was important in diffusing his ideas as he clearly distinguished between technical and managerial skills along with his functions and principle of management which still helps them to use it as a guideline to perform managerial activities. It organized seminars and colloquium with industrialists, public sector officials of the French state, engineers, the military, and various academics. The CAS was a platform from which collaboration and further works could be done.
He's considered to be among the most influential contributors to the modern concept of management, from 1921 to 1925, he collaborated to several studies on behalf of the French's public sector. Notably, he produced a study of the Post and Telecom Department as well as the French Tobacco and Match monopoly. Fayol's "14 Principles" was one of the earliest theories of management to be created, and remains one of the most