2002
DOI: 10.1108/00251740210441108
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The foundations of Henri Fayol’s administrative theory

Abstract: Among modern scholars and students there is an increasing distance between the fundamenta l thoughts of early management writers and contemporary , often secondary , accounts of how these pioneers develope d their ideas. This shortcomin g can be remedied by seeking original sources from when a pioneer's ideas were being formulated and from the context within which this occurred. We examine examples of how others have furthered our understandin g of management history by the discovery and translation of pioneer… Show more

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“…(Carroll and Gillen, 1987;Stewart, 1967). First, this approach proposes to sort managers' activities into functions according to a set of principles (Koontz, 1980;Wren, 1994;Wren et al, 2002). Next, these functions are identified as belonging to a cycle, comprising a sequential process in terms of conception and a simultaneous process regarding operation (Chapman, 2001;Koontz and O'Donnell, 1978;Wren, 1994).…”
Section: The Process Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Carroll and Gillen, 1987;Stewart, 1967). First, this approach proposes to sort managers' activities into functions according to a set of principles (Koontz, 1980;Wren, 1994;Wren et al, 2002). Next, these functions are identified as belonging to a cycle, comprising a sequential process in terms of conception and a simultaneous process regarding operation (Chapman, 2001;Koontz and O'Donnell, 1978;Wren, 1994).…”
Section: The Process Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are many definitions of management in literature, most of whom are universal, for example, a management is defined as a process "consisting of planning, organizing, actuating and controlling, performed to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources" (Tripathi and Reddy, 2008). A management activity is a set of "primary functions", for example, Forecasting, Planning, Organizing, Commanding, Coordinating, Controlling as defined in Wren et al (2002) or -by other scholars -Planning, Operating, Directing, Controlling (Tripathi and Reddy, 2008). Thus, a management activity, first of all, includes a predefined sequence of steps, i.e.…”
Section: Internal Modelling Of Management Activitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Two examples of deep structure of the management transactions as assemblies of the internal steps ares presented in Fig. 10: according to Wren et al (2002) in Fig. 10(a) and according to Deming's PDCA cycle in Fig.…”
Section: Primary Activitiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Firstly, because they have not yet become a specific approach, because they were not compiled, or because they described only secondary aspects of both the process and the roles approaches (Escrivão, 1995;Wren, 1994). Secondly, because there is no consensus among authors about the contents of the proposed classifications and, therefore, they were not accepted as a specific approach by the academic community (Koontz, 1980;Wren, 1994).…”
Section: Managers' Workmentioning
confidence: 99%