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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

14 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT BY

HENRY FAYOL

SYNDICATE 2

WHO WAS HENRI FAYOL

• French industrialist who lived between 1841-
• He lived when the mechanical model of management was more prevalent.
• He developed the 14 principles of management based on his experience while working for a large mining company in France.
• He published the 14 principles of management in the book “Administration Industruelle et Generale”.

2. Authority

• Fayol defined it as the right to give orders and the power to exert obedience.
• With authority comes responsibility and accountability.

3.Discipline

• For the best interest of an organization there should be complete obedience, diligence, effort and outward marks of respect which are equally applicable to everybody regardless of rank. To establish and maintain discipline there must be clearly defined roles, rules and regulations for individuals and groups e.g code of conduct and ethics.

5.Unity of Direction

• An organization should be moving towards a common objective. This brings about harmony of effort towards the mission and vision.

6. Subordination of individual interests

to the General interests

• The interests of one employee should not be allowed to become more important than those of the organization. An organization should come up with approaches that ensure personal interests and organizational interests are aligned as closely as possible.

8.Centralization

• Decision making is made at top management level while in decentralization decision making is distributed downwards among all levels of an organization.
• Fayol recommended an appropriate balance of the two depending on size, nature of work, situation and weight of decision.

9. Scalar chain

• Every organization has a hierarchy and employees should be aware of where they stand in the organization’s hierarchy or chain of command. E.g. Subordinates report to superiors

11. Equity

• Management should treat all its employees in a fair and just manner at all levels.

12. Stability of tenure of personnel

• The principle states that an organization cannot run smoothly if it suffers from constant employee attrition, and organizations should make an effort to retain employees. A high attrition rate will cost an organization time, resources and perhaps some crucial organizational memory.

14.Espirit De Corps (Team work)

• Organizations should harness harmony, team spirit and unity among personnel.

CONCLUSION

• Fayol’s management principles are universally accepted and applicable in modern organisations today
• They are not absolute in terms of application.