
What are the 14 Principles of Management? Description
The 14 Management Principles from Henri Fayol (1841-1925) are:
- Division of Work. Specialization allows the individual to build
up experience, and to continuously improve his skills. Thereby he can be
more productive.
- Authority. The right to issue commands, along with which must
go the balanced responsibility for its function.
- Discipline. Employees must obey, but this is two-sided: employees
will only obey orders if management play their part by providing good leadership.
- Unity of Command. Each worker should have only one boss with
no other conflicting lines of command.
- Unity of Direction. People engaged in the same kind of activities
must have the same objectives in a single plan. This is essential to ensure
unity and coordination in the enterprise. Unity of command does not exist
without unity of direction but does not necessarily flows from it.
- Subordination of individual interest (to the general interest).
Management must see that the goals of the firms are always paramount.
- Remuneration. Payment is an important motivator although by analyzing
a number of possibilities, Fayol points out that there is no such thing
as a perfect system.
- Centralization (or Decentralization). This is a matter of degree
depending on the condition of the business and the quality of its personnel.
- Scalar chain (Line of Authority). A hierarchy is necessary for
unity of direction. But lateral communication is also fundamental, as long
as superiors know that such communication is taking place. Scalar chain
refers to the number of levels in the hierarchy from the ultimate authority
to the lowest level in the organization. It should not be over-stretched
and consist of too-many levels.
- Order. Both material order and social order are necessary. The
former minimizes lost time and useless handling of materials. The latter
is achieved through organization and selection.
- Equity. In running a business a ‘combination of kindliness and
justice’ is needed. Treating employees well is important to achieve equity.
- Stability of Tenure of Personnel. Employees work better if job
security and career progress are assured to them. An insecure tenure and
a high rate of employee turnover will affect the organization adversely.
- Initiative. Allowing all personnel to show their initiative in
some way is a source of strength for the organization. Even though it may
well involve a sacrifice of ‘personal vanity’ on the part of many managers.
- Team Spirit (Esprit de Corps). Management must foster the morale of its employees.
He further suggests that: “real talent is needed to coordinate effort, encourage
keenness, use each person’s abilities, and reward each one’s merit without
arousing possible jealousies and disturbing harmonious relations.”
What is Management? Five elements
Fayol's definition of management roles and actions distinguishes between
Five Elements:
- Prevoyance. (Forecast & Plan). Examining the future and drawing
up a plan of action. The elements of strategy.
- To organize. Build up the structure, both material and human,
of the undertaking.
- To command. Maintain the activity among the personnel.
- To coordinate. Binding together, unifying and harmonizing all
activity and effort.
- To control. Seeing that everything occurs in conformity with
established rule and expressed command.
Origin of the 14 Principles of Management. History
Henri Fayol (1841-1925) was a French management theorist whose theories
in management and organization of labor were widely influential in the beginning
of 20th century. He was a mining engineer who worked for a French mining company
Commentry-Fourchamboult-Decazeville, first as an engineer. Then he moved into
general management and became Managing Director from 1888 to 1918. During
his tenure as Managing Director he wrote various articles on 'administration'
and in 1916 the Bulletin de la Société de l’ Industrie Minérale, printed his
"Administration, Industrielle et Générale – Prévoyance, Organisation, Commandement,
Coordination, Contrôle". In 1949 the first English translation appeared:
‘General and Industrial Management’ by Constance Storrs.
Usage of the 14 Management Principles. Applications
- Change and Organization.
- Decision-making.
- Skills. Can be used to improve the basic effectiveness of a manager.
- Understand that management can be seen as a variety of activities, which
can be listed and grouped.
Book: Henri Fayol
- General and Industrial Management -

Special Interest Group
|
Join
|
Principles of Management Special Interest Group.

Special Interest Group (26370 members)
|
|
Forum about the Principles of Management.
|
|
The top-rated topics about the Principles of Management. Here you will find the most valuable ideas and practical suggestions.
|
Management Mantras
What is the present management mantra practiced in your organisation? A paradigm shift in management may lead to innovat (...)
 5
 12 reactions
|
|
|
Advanced insights about the Principles of Management. Here you will find professional advices by experts.
|
Fayol's 16 Management Duties of the Organisation Management Science 1. To aim at giving serious thoughts to activity plans and having them firmly executed.
2. To aim at having employed pe (...)
|
|
Fayol's 5 Elements of Administration Management Science Fayol wrote any organisation can be subdivided into 6 types of Operations. The sixth one has 5 elements:
6. Administrat (...)
|
|
Fayol's 6 Types of Operations Management Science Fayol wrote that any organisation can be subdivided into 6 types of Operations. Each operation is fulfilled by its corre (...)
|
|
Fayol's 7 Qualities of Managers Management Science The 7 qualities Fayol expected from managers were:
1. Health and vigour
2. Cleverness
3. Moral qualities
4. General (...)
|
|
Mintzberg: 7 Myths on Management Management Development, Leadership Development, Managers versus Leaders, MBA Prof. Henry Mintzberg refutes 7 myths on leadership and management:
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR: One myth about management is t (...)
|
|
Why and How the Functions of Managers Have Changed Modern Management, Management Functions, Management Roles Traditionally, the task of managers would be described or summarized as "getting the work done by others". Nowadays, the (...)
|
|
Six Groups of Activities of Henri Fayol Management Science Frederick Taylor basically viewed managers as mere overseers with limited responsibility. Fayol viewed the role of manag (...)
|
|
Powell's Support to Fayol's Ideas Management Science Fayol named one of the duties of organization "To set up a unique 'direction' (~top management), skilled and vigorous".
(...)
|
|
|
Various sources of information regarding the Principles of Management. Here you will find powerpoints, videos, news, etc. to use in your own lectures and workshops.
|
Visions on the Roles of Managers, Management Roles, Managerial Roles Management, Leadership, Reflection on What Management Fundamentally is, Workshops, Trainings This superb presentation outlines the roles and tasks that managers perform. The presentation includes views of importan (...)
|
|
The Role of Supervisor | Skills of Supervisors Skills of a Supervisor, Supervisor Role, Supervisor Behavior This presentation elaborates on the skills that supervisors need in order to be successful in their business/organizatio (...)
|
|
Scientific Management: Definitions, Theorists and Main Contributions Scientific Management, Taylor, Gannt, Gilbreth, Gulick, Weber, Fayol Presentation about Scientific Management that includes a description of the main theorists their contributions to the th (...)
|
|
Fayol Principles of Management Principles of Management Short presentation by Saruchi Pandey. (...)
|
|
Delegation versus Empowerment Delegation, Employee Empowerment, Situational Leadership, Management Employees want to feel that their work is important and that they contribute to the success of the company. As a manager (...)
|
|
Theory of Bureaucracy (Weber) and the 14 Principles of Management (Fayol) Administration, Management, Early Administrative Management Theories, 5 Principles, Bureaucracy This presentation presents the 5 Principles of Weber’s Theory of Bureaucracy and Henri Fayol's 14 Principles of Manageme (...)
|
|
Leading versus Managing Understanding the differences between Leading and managing Dr. John Kotter gives his opinion on what are the key differences between leading and managing.
- Management is a set o (...)
|
|
Original Source Document of the 14 Principles of Fayol Management History 'pur Sang' Scan of the section in Fayol's Original Work "Administration Industrielle et Générale" that contains the "Principes et é (...)
|
|
Principles of Management Principles and History of Management Presentation by WJ Patterson includes some generic thoughts, observations on management and contains some slides on mana (...)
|
|
Young Steve Jobs on the Role of Managers Management, Leadership, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development This video is a nice start for any management course. Jobs shares some ideas on managers (in a high-tech environment) an (...)
|
|
Mintzberg Presents 3 Views Towards Management and Decision-making Initial Understanding of Management and Decision Making, Trainings, Workshops Short presentation by Professor Henry Mintzberg on:
A. Management as a Practice, in which he argues it is in the center (...)
|
|
10 Differences Between Managers and Leaders Management, Leadership, Development According to Scott Williams, people don't want to be managed, they want to be lead.
The 10 simple, but important differ (...)
|
|
Brief Overview of the Informal Organization Informal Organization Presentation that elaborates on the concept of informal organization. The presentation includes the following sections:
(...)
|
|
Interpretation of the 14 Principles of Management: Comparison of Then and Now Principles of Management Paper by C.A. Rodrigues. This paper compares interpretation Fayol's fourteen Principles of Management today and in the p (...)
|
|
|
Compare with the 14 Principles of Management:
POSDCORB |
Organization Chart |
Fourteen Points of Management
(Deming) |
Ten Schools of Thought
| Training Within Industry
|
Eight
Attributes of Management Excellence |
Centralization and Decentralization
Return to Management Hub: Change & Organization | Communication & Skills | Decision-making & Valuation | Human
Resources
More Management Methods, Models and Theory
|
|
Copy this into your study materials:
and add a hyperlink to:
|
|
Link to this knowledge center
|
Copy this HTML code to your web site:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|