Henri Fayol
French mining engineer and executive, developer a general theory of business administration Fayolism (1841-1925)
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French mining engineer who cracked the code on how to actually run a business—Fayol's management theory became the blueprint executives still follow today, entirely separate from Taylor's scientific management movement.
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Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer, mining executive, author and director of mines who developed a general theory of business administration that is often called Fayolism. He and his colleagues developed this theory independently of scientific management. Like his contemporary Frederick Winslow Taylor, he is widely acknowledged as a founder of modern management methods.
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