British Management Theory and Practice the Impact of Fayol

Ian Smith, Trevor Boyns, (2005),British circumspection theory and practice the impact of Fayol, way Decision, Vol. 43 Iss 10 pp. 1317 1334 This paper re-examines the impact of Fayols work on theory and practice of management in Britain, first, in the interwar period and second, in the post-war period of 1945 to the late 1960s. Lyndall Urwick, a respected British management creative thinker and writer described Fayol as the most distinguished figure which atomic number 63 contributed to the management movement up to the end of the first half of the inclose century(Smith I, Boyns T, 2005) in Urwicks publishes and translated speeches.Urwick supported Fayols general principles of management ensuring an knead on post-war British management theories known as the classic school during the 1950s. Fayols principles took place among theories within scientific management megabucks which offered an intelligent inputs coupled to a genuine belief in industrial efficiency. Further research i nto British management practice during that era, Fayols influence proved problematic due to the emphasis of British management on pragmatism and narrow focus on control which allowed little, if any, accommodation for Fayols model.Twenty years or so after Second World War, Fayols impact, especially after Urwicks intervention, was on management theory still not management practice. Since 1970, the focus of management thinking had turned aside from the functions of management towards to understanding management and managing through an examination of what managers do. This article concludes whether Henri Fayols contribution is relevant today. This suggests that the history academics realized his work had significantly contributed to the contract in management today, and Fayols ideas continued to be more prestigious in the realm of theory than practice in Britain.