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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION - 1 -
2.0 BACKGROUND OF HENRI FAYOL - 2 -
3.0 FAYOL’S 14 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT - 5 -
3.1 Division of work - 5 -
3.2 Authority - 5 -
3.3 Discipline - 6 -
3.4 Unity of command - 6 -
3.5 Unity of direction - 6 -
3.6 Subordinate of individual interest to general interest - 7 -
3.7 Remuneration of personel - 7 -
3.8 Centralization - 7 -
3.9 Scalar Chain (Line Of Authority) - 8 -
3.10 Order - 9 -
3.11 Equity - 9 -
3.12 Stability of Tenure off Personnel - 10 -
3.13 Initiative - 10 -
3.14 Esprit de Corps - 11 -
4.0 FUNCTION OF MANAGEMENT - 12 -
4.1 Planning - 12 -
4.1.2 Importance of Planning. - 12 -
4.2 Organizing - 13 -
4.2.1 Importance of Organizing - 13 -
4.3 Command - 14 -
4.3.1 Important of Command - 14 -
4.4 Co-ordination - 15 -
4.4.1 Important of Co-ordination - 15 -
4.5 Controlling - 16 -
4.5.1 Importance of Control - 16 -
5.0 CONCLUSION - 17 -
REFERENCES - 18 -

1.0 INTRODUCTION While pioneers of scientific management tried to determine the best way to perform a job, those in the administrative management explored the possibilities of an ideal way to put all jobs together and operate an organization.. Thus, Administrative Management is the study of how to create an organizational structure that leads to high efficiency and effectiveness. The first expert of Administrative Management Theory was Henri Fayol (1841-1925). Fayol is called the "Father of Modern Management". Henri Fayol was a French industrialist and a management consultant. Fayol developed fourteen principles of administration to go along with management’s five primary roles. These principles are specialization/division of labor, authority with responsibility, discipline, unity of command, unity of direction, subordination of individual interest to the general interest, remuneration of staff, centralization, scalar chain/line of authority, order, equity, stability of tenure, initiative, and esprit de corps. Fayol clearly



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