Evaluating Henri Fayol's Principles and Their Relevance to Tesco

This essay provides an in-depth analysis of Henri Fayol's management theories, highlighting his significant contributions to the administrative approach in management. It discusses Fayol's six organizational activities, five functions of management, and fourteen principles, emphasizing their importance in creating a flexible and efficient work environment. The essay also relates Fayol's concepts to a real-world organization, Tesco, demonstrating how the company applies these principles in its planning, goal setting, and managerial practices, focusing on fairness, flexibility, and employee involvement in decision-making. The conclusion underscores the positive impact of Fayol's theories, emphasizing the importance of human resources and effective management in achieving organizational goals.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Important work done by management thinker.............................................................................3
Relating concept with real world organisation............................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1
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INTRODUCTION
Management thinker are one who gives ideas and opinion that can be influence on
business managers and who has become a well-known figure out. There are many management
thinkers who are gave their contribution in order to build new concept and theory so that other
can follow them accordingly (Berber, Harding and Mughal, 2020). Present report is based ion
Henri Fayol, who was French mining engineering executive, director & author of mines. He
developed theories and concept related to administration which are help his colleagues in order
to provide management thoughts. Major publication is in 1930 as industrial and general
administration and in 1949 general and industrial management.
MAIN BODY
Important work done by management thinker
Henri Fayol was one of the first comprehensive statements of general theory in order to provide
the benefit for management. Also, he has proposed more than six type of organisational activity
which are also include management as one of the important aspect for any business so that he
also proposed five primary function of management and fourteen principles of management.
There are different types of organisational activities which are undertaken into six types which
are related to security activities¸ technical activities, managerial activities, commercial activities,
financial activities. Along with this, there are different functions of management according to his
original work which are based on controlling, directing and other functions are planning,
organisation, commanding, co-ordinating, controlling, forecasting etc. on the basis of control
function it is necessary to focus more on sense and manager that must be help manager in order
to receive feedback as well as help to make necessary adjustments that are help for analyse the
deviations (Bhandari, 2020). Then, scholar of management is necessary for directing and
coordinating function into leading functions.
In addition to this, Henry Fayol is widely known as father of modern management
because all his theories were discovered before 1900s, where there must important things is to
develop and enhance knowledge for industrial management practice toll 20th century. He is very
enthusiastic for developing management theories on the basis of human relations and scientific
management theories which are help for understanding the better conclusion in order to focus
more on productivity of worker (Boon, 2021). School of thoughts are related to the stronger
emphasis on basis of role of organisation and management with the help of comparison as well
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as it is help for psychology organisational field. This has been associated that he was focused on
industrial approach in order to improve the culture of cog-like replaceable workers that are
mainly depend on worker and rigid hierarchy with the help of strong level of command.
The six industrial activities by Fayol-
Technical- In this activity manufacturing, adaption and production are included with the
motive of high level of technical support and the ability of success that is necessary for
producing excellent products.
Commercial- contracts, markets, exchange, selling and buying are included in this
activity on the basis of being skilled in commercial aspect that has impact on cost savings and
revenue which is necessary for industry in order to generate more revenue.
Security- This is one of the major activity for which every industry worker is looking for that is
protection of property and people. So that they can manage their work accordingly with full of
security, that is why there are almost all the industries are offers security by providing insurance
and other policies so that workers can concentrate on their work (Dumez, 2018).
Financial- on the basis of financial it helps to use optimum of capital in orders to focus
more on improving financial position of company.
Accounting, stocktaking, balance sheets, statistics and costs are help for an efficient
accounting system which are simple and concise by providing powerful managerial instrument.
Managerial- On the basis of managerial purposes it helps for developing organising,
learning, control, coordinating etc. are operated by head and managers in order to operates all
the activities in better terms.
Five functions of management-
Planning is known as plan for action in order to follow instruction on the basis of desired result,
stages, actions and method (Edwards, 2018).
 Organising are help for providing everything for plan of action by including human and
physical resources.
 Command related to getting optimum return for employees by concern as a whole and
having competent personnel, setting good examples, staying out of minutiae.
 Coordination are help for understanding personnel and their responsibilities by
following activities in order to focus more on harmony that can be achieve goal.
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 Controlling require verifying everything by occurring in conformity with the adopted
plan as well as it help for establishing principles.
14 principle of Henri Fayol
The main aim of the Henri Fayol is to focus more on flexible environment at workplace
so that it helps for require experience, intelligence, proportion, decision which are necessary for
future study. All the principle is strengthening in order to applying in an organisation with the
motive of rulings managerial procedure in better way.
Division of work- this principle is related to works should be divide equally in employees and
authority by depending on their capacity and their knowledge. The main aim of the principle is to
producing more and better work with same efforts (Fardani, Trihastuti and Umar Al Faruq,
2021).
1. Authority- this is related to authority which is depend more on responsibility and powers
so that they can penalty and reward employees for them mislead. On the other hand, it
helps to motivate employees by rewarding them.
2. Discipline- This is one of the important aspect in order to focus more on obedience,
behaviour, energy so that it help to runs business in the clear and concise way.
3. Unity of command- It is necessary to receive order from superior in order to maintain
unity and stability.
4. Unity of direction- This is a group activity which provide benefit of plan and person in
charge with coordination and strength.
5. Subordination of individual efforts- This is necessary for everyone to work with best
interest of everyone rather than own interest.
6. Remuneration- It should be fair and able to afford satisfaction for firm and personnel.
Centralisation- This is the preference of manager in order to focus more on optimum degree and
task (Kachynska and Kovtun, 2021).
7. Scalar chain- This is necessary for authority in order to flow top to bottom with the help
of lateral communication.
8. Order- This principle helps for maintain orders to everything so that it help for avoid
mistake and lost time.
9. Equity- there are managers who should use the equity and equality for treatment.
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10. Stability of tenure of personnel- This is important to maintain stability of personnel in
long run.
11. Initiative- Other things being equal but it is essential for respect for authority and
discipline.
12. Esprit de corps- Harmony is great policy for concern and efforts.
Relating concept with real world organisation.
According to the real worlds it can be said that there are all the principle and function of Fayol
are played important role in descriptive and sort of techniques. In Tesco it can be said that all the
four component of planning related to stages, action, goal and methods are applicable on the
basis of comparing with mechanistic. Along with this, chosen company following all the theories
by more focus on fairness and kindliness in order to prescribes flexibilities in approaches.
Managers of Tesco said that all the principle are help for remembering the duties that can be
come with functions. The orientation of the company based on flexibilities which are related to
plan and goal setting, managerial and interpersonal skills (Karaboğa and Zehir, 2020).
Tesco is large multinational company which are help to target on the basis of approach
that are necessary to tell employees on the basis centralisation principle and unity of command
for doing any task. Then, in the decisions making stages it is related to employees and their
planning for makes their opinion valuable. All the managers of Tesco are confident, genuine and
positive and able to inspire and encourage team for achieving goals.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded that there is positive impact of Henri Fayol’s management theories
with the help of contributing as administrative approach. He is one of the best contemporary
management thinker which cover all the aspect for more focus on personnel rather than
materialistic things. According to the theories human resources are key resources of
company which are help to achieve goal easily on the basis of better planning and support
given by managers. This is also depending on time and development which is necessary to
keep by them.
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REFERENCES
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