Knowra Henri Fayol Henri Fayol Henri Fayol (1841–1925) was a French mining engineer and management theorist who developed a general theory of administration based on his industrial experience.
Fayolism : A management doctrine based on Henri Fayol’s principles and functions of administration. This name identifies the doctrine built from Fayol’s administrative theory.
Planning : The process of setting objectives and deciding actions and resources in advance. Fayol made anticipating and preparing for the future a core administrative function.
Commentry-Fourchambault et Decazeville : A French mining and metallurgical company where Henri Fayol worked and served as managing director. Fayol’s industrial career at this company supplied the practical basis for his administrative ideas.
Classical management theory : An early approach to management emphasizing formal structure, managerial authority, and organizational efficiency. Fayol became one of its central theorists alongside Taylor and Weber.
Administrative theory : A body of ideas about organizing and directing institutions through managerial principles and structures. Fayol’s work helped establish administration as a general subject of study.
Organizing : The arrangement of people, tasks, authority, and resources to pursue shared objectives. In Fayol’s scheme, administration supplies the organization needed to carry out plans.
Administration industrielle et générale : Henri Fayol’s 1916 work presenting a general theory of administration and its principles. This book gave the clearest published account of his theory.
Management education : Formal study and training in managing organizations, including business-school programs and executive development. Fayol’s general functions helped make management teachable as a distinct body of knowledge.
Management functions : Recurring activities through which managers set aims, organize work, direct people, coordinate efforts, and monitor results. Fayol described administration through functions that managers perform.
Commanding : The managerial activity of directing employees and guiding their work. Fayol used this term for the leadership function later often called directing.
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