This essay serves to identify the similarities and dissimilarities of the work of two managers from two different organisations and the extent to which Henri Fayol’s management functions are relevant to their work. Manager 1 works at a Woolworths Food retail store at a shopping centre called Featherbrooke Village in Ruimsig‚ Roodeport‚ Johannesburg‚ South Africa. Woolworths is a South African based retailer that specialises in clothing‚ food‚ home ware and beauty products and was founded by Max Sonnenburg
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Henri Fayol‚ the father of the school of Systematic Management‚ was motivated to create a theoretical foundation for a managerial educational program based on his experience as a successful managing director of a mining company. In his day‚ managers had no formal training and he observed that the increasing complexity of organisations would require more professional management. Fayol’s legacy is his generic Principles of Management. Of Fayol’s six generic activities for industrial undertakings
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develop basic principles that could guide the design‚ creation‚ and maintenance of large organizations‚ and to identify the basic functions of managing organizations. Classical management philosophers Frederick Winslow Taylor (scientific management) and Henri Fayol (Classical organizational theory) influenced the evolution of management. Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) called the father of scientific management believed that management’s primary objective would be to secure the maximum prosperity
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Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer and director of mines who developed a general theory of business administration and one of the most influential contributors to modern concepts of management. When 19 years old he started as an engineer at a mining company "Compagnie de CommentryFourchambeau-Decazeville" in Commentry. By 1900 the company was one of the largest producers of iron and steel in France and was regarded as a vital industry.[1] Fayol became managing director in 1888‚ when the mine
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Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson is one of the world’s most influential photography Masters. With his small hand camera he unobtrusively photographed people’s lives around the world. He was solely responsible for bridging the gap between photojournalism and art. He has published more than a dozen books of his work. The greatest museums in the world have shown his work. From my start as a photographer‚ I was always drawn to taking photographs of people. I feel it was only instinct
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conservative Salon system started their own - the Salon d’Automne exhibition. Among these artists that rebelled was Henri Matisse‚ a French artist that was not afraid to use bold bright colors in his art. His work from this era is described as “fauve”‚ a term meaning wild beasts in French that critic Louis Vauxcelles in reaction to the vibrant colors and harsh brushstrokes. Henri Matisse’s Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life) although not a part of the Salon d’Automne‚ was completed shortly after
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Explore the theme of sacrifice in Le Feu by Henri Barbusse. ‘The self-sacrifice of individuals for the sake of the community‚ suffering made glorious - those two things which are the basic elements of the profession of arms - respond to both our moral and aesthetic concepts. The noblest teachings of philosophy and religion have found no higher ideals.’ (De Gaulle‚ 1960‚ p.10) The concept of sacrifice is fascinatingly complex and multi-faceted. Whereas one individual may consider sacrifice as
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant Born on August 5‚ 1850 in Dieppe‚ France. His mother separated from his father when he was 11 years old and they moved to Normandy. His mother became the most influential figure in his young life. In 1869‚ he received his Bachelier es lettres and went to study law in Paris but his studies were interrupted when he volunteered to serve in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. Many of his stories centered around this war‚ including one of his best short stories‚
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Porte- fenêtre à Collioure also known as Fenêtre ouverte is a painting by Henri Matisse. The work was painted in 1914 and Matisse kept the painting until his death. He died in 1954 but the Porte- fenêtre à Collioure was first exhibited in 1966. Matisse painted numerous of paintings of the theme of the window at Collioure. Without looking at the title of the painting it is hard to identify the elements in the painting. This is probably Matisse’s one of the most abstract painting. Unlike his other
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Henri Fayol Theory Principles of Management" have been a significant influence on modern management theory. His practical list of principles helped early 20th century managers learn how to organize and interact with their employees in a productive way. Although the 14 Principles aren’t widely used today‚ they can still offer guidance for today’s managers. Many of the principles are now considered to be common sense‚ but at the time they were revolutionary concepts for organizational management.
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