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Principles
of Management MGT503
VU
Lesson
3.8
ADMINISTRATIVE
VIEW OF MANAGEMENT
1.
The
Administrative Management
It
is a term used for those
early-day contributors who developed
and taught principles to be used
by
managers,
both individually and collectively, to
improve the performance of the overall
functions of the
organization.
Henri
Fayol (1841-1925) a successful
French industrialist, developed theories about
management he
thought
could be taught to those individuals with
administrative responsibilities.
Fayol's
lasting contribution is the functional
approach to management
a.
which
is still used today. The
major managerial functions, according
to
Fayol,
were planning, organizing, commanding,
coordinating, and
controlling.
The functions have been
slightly modified several
times since
Fayol.
In the main, though, they still
provide the basic framework
for
studying
management as witnessed by the organization of this
and most
other
principles of management texts used
today. Like Weber,
Fayol's
works
were not translated into
English for a couple of decades after
his
death.
b.
Fayol
gives us 14 principles of management
which are still being
used
nowadays.
These principles are given below:
Fayol's
14 Principles of Management
1.
Division
of work
Specialization
increases output by making employees
more efficient.
2.
Authority.
Managers
must be able to give order.
Authority gives them this right.
Along with authority,
however,
goes responsibility.
3.
Discipline.
Employees
must obey and respect the
rules that govern the
organization.
4.
Unity
of Command
An
employee should receive orders
from one superior
only.
5.
Unity
of direction.
The
organization should have a single plan of
action to guide managers and
workers.
6.
Subordination
of individual interests to the
general interest.
The
interests of any one
employee or group of employees should
not take precedence over
the
interests
of the organization as a whole.
7.
Remuneration.
Workers
must be paid a fair wage for
their services.
8.
Centralization.
This
term refers to the degree to which
subordinates are involved in
decision making.
9.
Scalar
Chain.
The
line term refers to the degree to
which subordinates are
involved I decision making.
10.
Order.
People
and materials should be in the right
place at the right time.
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Principles
of Management MGT503
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11.
Equity.
Managers
should be kind and fair to
their subordinates.
12.
Stability
of tenure of personnel
Management
should provide orderly personnel
planning and ensure that
replacements are
available
to
fill vacancies.
13.
Initiative.
Employees
who are allowed to originate and
carry out plans will
exert high levels of
effort.
14.
Esprit
de corps
Promoting
team spirit will build
harmony and unity within the
organization.
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