Henry Fayol is described as the father of modern management theory. He emphasized that management skills are universal. In fact, a number of current ideas and practises in management can be directly attributed to him.
Henry Fayol is the managing director of a large French coal mining firm where he developed a blueprint of a cohesive doctrine of management. He originated the symbol of formal organization, the organization chart which remains the chief instrument of modern business management.
Append below, he proposed all operations in a business organization can be classified as follows:
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Classification of Operations In A Business Organization
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Part 2 deals with the fourteen(14) principles advocated by Henry Fayol