Henry Fayol

(1841 – 1925)

Presented by:
2021-EE-052 Ayesha Ahmad
2021-EE-054 Zulekha Aslam
2021-EE-056 Saira Taufeeq
2021-EE-058 Aina Shafqat Presented to:
2021-EE-059 Imsaal Ijaz Dr Amna Niazi
MONDAY ● September 18 ● 2023
 Henry Fayol
(1841 – 1925)

Presented by:
2021-EE-052 Ayesha Ahmad
2021-EE-054 Zulekha Aslam
2021-EE-056 Saira Taufeeq
2021-EE-058 Aina Shafqat Presented to:
2021-EE-059 Imsaal Ijaz Dr Amna Niazi
MONDAY ● September 18 ● 2023
 Henry Fayol
(1841 – 1925)

Presented by:
2021-EE-052 Ayesha Ahmad
2021-EE-054 Zulekha Aslam
2021-EE-056 Saira Taufeeq
2021-EE-058 Aina Shafqat Presented to:
2021-EE-059 Imsaal Ijaz Dr Amna Niazi
MONDAY ● September 18 ● 2023
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01. 02.
INTRODUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS

03. 04.
CRITICS CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION 01.
 INTRODUCTION
• Henri Fayol / 'Father of Modern Management Theory‘
• Started his career as an engineer in the French Mining
Company
• Struggled to be promote to general manager and
eventually the Director of the company from 1888 –
1918
• By his organizational and managerial skills , (saved)
the company from bankruptcy.
 INTRODUCTION

• Henri Fayol / 'Father of Modern Management

Theory‘
• Started his career as an engineer in the French
Mining Company
• Struggled to be promote to general manager and
eventually the Director of the company from
1888 – 1918
• By his organizational and managerial skills ,
(saved) the company from bankruptcy.
 INTRODUCTION

• Henri Fayol / 'Father of Modern Management

Theory‘
• Started his career as an engineer in the French
Mining Company
• Struggled to be promote to general manager and
eventually the Director of the company from
1888 – 1918
• By his organizational and managerial skills ,
(saved) the company from bankruptcy.
• Introduced theories that could be applied to all
levels of management and for any department
• developed the 14 principles of management
towards the tail end of the industrial revolution
• Functioning of most the companies is based on
his management principles and theories.
• On his retirement he established the Centre of
Administrative
 CONTRIBUTION
Henri Fayol five functions of
management

He know as father of modern

management theory

He wrote "Administration
Industrielle et Generale" (General
and Industrial Management) in
1916, which described five
fundamental management roles.

Fayol's work on division of

business function
 LIMITATIONS

• Too formal and rigid to be applied to informal

organizations, ex: interest groups, innovation groups etc.
• Modern management promotes employee welfare for a
productive workforce
• Command-and-control
VS dynamic-and-flexible
• Some principles
outdated due to fast-
changing market
 Critique of Henri Fayol’s 14 principles
• Subordination of Individual Interest to the General Interest
Undermines freedom and wellbeing of employee
• Centralization
Excessive micro-management makes workflow inefficient
• The Scalar Chain Principle
• Exploitation as only point of contact with
superiors is immediate manager
• Hinders innovation by limiting contact
with decision makers
 CONCLUSION
• Universally applicable.

• Flexible.

• Basis of Scientific Management.

• Provide a comprehensive framework.

• Focuses on the key principles.

THANK YOU