Henri fayol (henri fayol 184 1-1925), French, is a management practitioner, management scientist, geologist and national activist. He was honored as "the father of management theory" by later generations, one of the main representatives of classical management theory and the founder of management process school. [ 1-2]
1860, graduated from shengyitian mining institute. In the same year, he joined Kangmentali-Fushante Mining and Metallurgy Company as a mining engineer in Kangmentali. 1886, as the mine manager. 1888, when the company was on the verge of bankruptcy, he was promoted to general manager of the company. After his excellent management, by the time he 19 18 retired, the company was in an invincible position in finance and management, and it is still a part of the largest mining and metallurgy group in central France. He used to be a professor of management in French army university and naval school, and did management investigation in postal department. 19 18 after retirement, he founded the management research center and personally led it. This organization has a great influence on the management of French enterprises, army and navy.
Fa Yueer's main contribution lies in the following four aspects: management activities independent of business functions; Put forward five functions of management; Extract 14 management principle; Advocacy management can and should be taught. Like Taylor, he devoted himself to exploring the scientific nature of management and established a set of systematic management theories. As Farrell himself realized, their research is complementary, because they are all trying to improve management through different analytical methods. However, there are still some obvious differences in their thoughts: Taylor's research began with the on-site management of the workshop, mainly in technology and operation. Fa Yueer, on the other hand, takes the whole enterprise organization as the research object, and he studies the management of the whole enterprise.