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Henri Fayol
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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business · French mining engineer and executive, developer of "Fayolism" · economist · entrepreneur · mining engineer · essayist · also Henri Fayol, Fayol
Born 29 July 1841 · Died 19 November 1925 · Q213820
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“General and Industrial Administration”
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1925· 1 entry
Died 1925-11-19.
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1924· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Crown of Romania (1924).
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1918· 1 entry
The company was financially strong and one of the largest industrial combines in Europe
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1916· 1 entry
Promoted his ideas in Administration Industrielle et Générale, at about the same time as Frederick Winslow Taylor published his Principles of Scientific Management
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1913· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1913).
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1900· 1 entry
Fayol became a member of the Comité Central des Houillères de France, member of the board of the Comité des forges and administrator of the Société de Commentry, Fourchambault et Decazeville
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1888· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1888).
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1860· 1 entry
Studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne (1858–1860).
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1858· 1 entry
Studied at lycée du Parc (1856–1858).
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1847· 1 entry
Where Fayol graduated from the mining academy "École Nationale Supérieure des Mines" in Saint-Étienne in 1860
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1841· 2 entries
Born 1841-07-29.
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Amidst the great eruption of the industrial revolution in a suburb of Constantinople (now Istanbul)
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