Essay - This Paper Presents an Examination of Henri Fayol's Five Management...

This paper presents an examination of Henri Fayol's five m*****agement theories. The author explores each component ***** the *****ories and applies them to examples of how they apply in today's workforce environment with a focus on electronic engineering. *****re were four sources used to complete this *****.

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Management styles are an ever evolving art and science combination that is looking ***** improve the quality of relationships between management ***** employees. While it ***** important to continue reaching for improvement it is also important ***** hang onto ***** tried and true theories that have been developed over the years. One of ***** most successful ***** of management ***** the Henri Fayol functions and principles ***** management theory. His theory includes five ***** theories. In the field of electronic engineering it is ***** to ***** sound and organized management structure. The use of the five ***** theories developed by Fayol are still instrumental in successful management within ***** field.

In the planning of any management program it is important to use organization ***** consistency so that ***** program will be *****. In Henri Fayol's theory there are ***** ***** elements that include(Fayol's functions ***** ***** (http://www.projectalevel.co.uk/business/fayol.htm):

Planning - Setting objectives, strategies etc.

***** - Managers setting tasks and organizing staff.

Commanding - Giving orders to staff so jobs are completed.

***** - Management must ensure that there is consistency throughout the business.

***** - Making sure all individuals f***** in with the plan(Fayol's functions of management (http://www.projectalevel.co.uk/business/fayol.htm)."

One ***** the rea*****ns that this set of theories works well in the ***** of ***** engineering is the developer, ***** Fayol was a French engineer. He beg*****n his engineering career in the mines and years later after he retired he published his works about administrative management roles and processes. It was this ***** work that gave him his recognition(Fayol (1841-1925) Functions and Principles of Management (http://www.bola.biz/competence/fayol.html).

Fayol believed ***** these management strategies could be applied to any kind of business or ***** structure and organization.

Each ***** the five steps serves a purpose.

Step one is to forecast and plan. This provides an examination of the future. If it is a restaurant business, it might forecast the number of future cus*****mers that it anticipates. If ***** is an ***** firm it ***** involve forecasting and predicting not only ***** number of jobs that will be contracted in the next year, but also what types of jobs they will *****.

Once the forecast has been completed a plan of action can be developed ***** implemented.

***** second step ***** to organize. Organization is a key element ***** *****ny successful management technique. ***** is a bro*****d based term that entails not only the planning of paperwork, ***** also the human resource needs currently and in the future.

Be*****g sure to hire qualified people in the num*****rs needed to handle the forecasted work is an important element ***** the ***** according to Fayol. In the field of electronic engineering this means ***** only hiring enough engineers