Biography Henri Fayole

The table of contents of Henri Fayol Henri Fayol; - - a French mountain engineer, theorist and practitioner of management, the founder of the administrative "classical" school of management. For 30 years he headed a large mining and metallurgical company in France. Having accepted it in an extremely dysfunctional economic condition, in fact, on the verge of bankruptcy, Fayol brought the company to the number of the most successful enterprises by the year.

This work was first published in the year and summarizes the principles of management he has developed, creating a logically harmonious theory. Fayol's concepts left a noticeable mark in the development of management. The theory of administration, the management functions and some principles of behavior developed by him are still actively applied in practical activities.

The editor's preface, according to American management historians, Henri Fayol is the most significant figure that Europe gave the science of management in the first half of the 20th century. At the end of the Lyceum and the Mountain School, he entered the service in the large mountain and metallurgical company Commentri-Fursbol-Decazville Komambol and worked there for a year.

At first, Fayol was interested exclusively in the problems of geology and mining. However, its appointment in the year the main manager of the mining group contributed to the appeal of Fayol to the problems of the economy and management.

In the year, he accepted the leadership of the company on the verge of bankruptcy, and in thirty years he made it one of the most prosperous enterprises in France. Summarizing his perennial observations, Fayol created the "theory of the administration." His first article on this topic was published in the year, and the book “General and Industrial Administration” in the year. The delay in the publication of the book that occurred due to the events of the First World War led to the fact that the French, for the most part, were carried away by the theory of Frederick Winsplas Taylor who had spread to that time and at first ignored the ideas of their compatriot.

However, they soon gave them tribute: the exemplary organization and prosperity of Komambole, the company's contribution to national efforts during the years of World War II - all this inevitably attracted attention to the works of Fayol. Fayol himself repeatedly emphasized that there was no contradiction between his theory and theory of Taylor, they simply consider different levels of production organization: Taylor - the workshop management, he is the highest administrative.

Having retired in the year, Fayol headed the administrative research center he created later, which subsequently united with his consent with the French organization of Taylor's followers. He argued that the principles of management he discovered are applicable not only in the economy, but also in government services and institutions, in the army and in the navy, that is, they are universal.

One of the largest orders made by the Center was the study of the organization of the work of the postal and telegraph department. This and other problems of the reform of public administration, public institutions and education systems are devoted to a number of Fayol's works. By the way, he was the first to set the problem of organized training in management.

Glory, recognition and wealth - all this was with Fayol. He was awarded the title of officer of the Order of the Honorary Legion, other state awards and scientific titles. However, the least of all there was a desire to erect a lifetime monument to himself. He lived a long life and knew how to rejoice: he was a sociable, mobile person, studied a lot with grandchildren and great -grandchildren, tirelessly promoted his theory and even in the last year of his life he did not stop research - this time the organization of the work of the French tobacco industry.