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Administrative Management Theory

Also Known As Fayolism

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A theory of management, also known as Fayolism, that analyzed and synthesized the role of management in organizations, developed around 1900 by the French manager and management theorist Henri Fayol.

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Management can be analyzed as a distinct administrative function, universal across industries, so that a general theory of management developed in one setting can be applied in any organization regardless of what it produces. 1
Origin Year
1916 2
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1. Wikipedia, Fayolism
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Fayolism was a theory of management that analyzed and synthesized the role of management in organizations, developed around 1900 by the French manager and management theorist Henri Fayol (1841-1925).
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a theory of general management that he believed could be applied across myriad industries
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2. Wikipedia, Henri Fayol
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Administration Industrielle et Générale (1916)
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