General and Industrial Management
- Book Title
- General and Industrial Management
- Author(s)
- Henri Fayol
- Year Published
- 1916
- Category
- Management
- Key Ideas
Core Ideas
- Management is a set of functions: Planning, Organising, Commanding, Coordinating, and Controlling.
- Outlined the 14 Principles of Management (including unity of command, scalar chain, and esprit de corps).
- Posited that management is a skill that can be learned, not just an innate talent.
Why It Matters
- Fayol is known as the 'Father of Administrative Management'.
- His functional view of management is still used in management education globally.
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