Administrative Management Theory: Henri Fayol’s Ideas on Administration by Hannah Masi https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s ED624-W754-FALL18-Organizational Management en-us 2018-11-09 23:45:15 UTC 2023-04-05 07:27:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Henri Fayol's Ideas on Administration Summary hwetherald https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302805114 "Fayol asked a central question in the 1908 presentation - is there a better way to learn to manage other than by experience? His answer was yes - by developing a body of knowledge that could be taught. This could occur only if we developed good theory that could be refined through further study and experimentation. Administration was not an innate skill - but could be taught in colleges and universities as the foundation for further experiences. Managers were not born, but could be created.

In retrospect, the 1900 and 1908 documents illustrate how Fayol steadily built his major work on management. As a young engineer and mine manager, he kept a diary and recorded the experiences that he would later collect and condense for his colleagues. These were the foundations of his administrative theory that has influenced businesses and public administration for nearly a century. From the early thoughts of such pioneers we can further our understanding of the research and theory building process. In this manner the past informs the present" (Wren, Bedeian & Breeze, 2002).

]]> 2018-11-09 23:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302805114 Resources hwetherald https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302805378 Owings, W. A. (2012). Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Education, 1st Edition. [Chegg]. Retrieved from https://ereader.chegg.com/#/books/9780133000559/

Wren, D. A., Bedeian, A. G., & Breeze, J. D. (2002). The foundations of henri fayol's administrative theory. Management Decision, 40(9), 906-918. Retrieved from http://averett.idm.oclc.org/docview/212064268?accountid=8444


]]> 2018-11-10 00:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302805378 Henri Fayol hwetherald https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302805513 "Henri Fayol (1841–1925), a French industrialist, looked at increasing efficiency by concentrating on the entire organization’s management. "His most notable work, General and Industrial Management,28 established Fayol as the first modern organizational theorist" (Owings, 2012, p. 55). 

]]> 2018-11-10 00:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302805513 Important Factors hwetherald https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302806029 -Emphasis on common elements of administrative process such as organized authority, discipline via rules and expectations and activity planning. 
-Focused on importance of organizational functions such as planning, budgeting, coordinating and hiring.
-Leaders were considered experts of organizational leadership 
(Owings, 2012, p. 55)]]> 2018-11-10 00:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302806029 5 Responsibilities of Administrators hwetherald https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302806698 "Fayol analyzed administrative work into five responsibilities:
 1. Forecasting and planning: examining the future and laying out the actions to be taken 
2.Organizing: laying out the lines of authority and responsibility 
3.Commanding: putting the plan into action 
4. Coordinating: laying out timing and sequencing activities; binding and harmonizing all 
5. Controlling: monitoring and adjusting, ensuring conformity with rules, evaluating results"
(Owings, 2012, p. 55).]]> 2018-11-10 00:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302806698 There was also Frederick Taylor, often Fayol and Taylor are compared hwetherald https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302807074 "Frederick W. Taylor became known for the principles of scientific management. Scientific management can be understood as the rational determination of purpose and the intelligent organization and use of manpower, technology, and other means to accomplish that end. Although no precise and universally agreed upon dates bookend the scientific management era, it is generally considered to have held sway from 1910 to 1935" (Owings, 2012, p. 51).]]> 2018-11-10 00:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302807074 Criticism of Administrative Management hwetherald https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302807440 "Although Weber understood his model as an ideal type, a concept to offer guidance for organizational efficiency, critics have challenged his ideas. These include not being sensitive enough to the ways the model’s rules can become dysfunctional, its neglect of the informal organization, its internal contradictions, and its inherent gender bias. These criticisms can be useful for seeing the limitations in all classical organizational theories. Let’s consider these critiques"
(Owings, 2012, p. 59).]]> 2018-11-10 00:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302807440 Marx Weber hwetherald https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302807553 Weber was the first to describe the concept of bureaucracy based on a set of rational guidelines. Writing at about the same time as Taylor and Fayol (about 1910 to 1920), Weber’s work was not translated into English until the 1940s. Similar in concept to many of Fayol’s 14 principles, Weber’s guidelines were believed to comprise an ideal structure for organizational effectiveness. Together they laid the foundation for contemporary organizational theory (Owings, 2012, p. 59)]]> 2018-11-10 00:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hwetherald/5so8ix3svb1s/wish/302807553