Management concepts and practices

Management

Of Henri Fayo's fourteen principles of management, the four most directly related to my management style are the ones that seem most critically interrelated. Consider principle number four of unity of command. One cannot help but note the words, 'who is in charge here, of this project' are the words every manager least likes to hear from a subordinate. The problems of not having a distinct chain of command, with accountability for accomplishing a specific project are evident not simply in business organizations. The problems of lack of unity in the command structure manifest themselves in the current difficulty of reorganizing the U.S. military and secret service organizations of the FBI and CIA into more efficient chains of command, where information can be shared and yet policy can be effectively implemented. There must always be according to Fayo's number four principle, a unity of command, where for any action whatsoever, an employee should receive orders from one superior only. This directly relates to principle number five, of unity of direction. There should be one head and one plan for a group of activities serving the same objective. This critical so no effort is wasted, and also individuals are more willing to realize number six, whereby there is a subordination of individual interest to general interests. There must be, even in business, an idealistic effort to realize a communal goal, rather than a selfish attitude focused rapaciously on mere personal advancement. This is also conducive, the realization of a 'higher' but clear objective in the command of someone with clear accountability to keep about company order, or principle ten. For social order to prevail there must be an appointed place for every employee and every employee must be in his appointed place.

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