British Management Theory and Practice the Impact of Fayol

Ian Smith, Trevor Boyns, (2005),British way theory and practice the impact of Fayol, Management Decision, Vol. 43 Iss 10 pp. 1317 1334 This paper re-examines the impact of Fayols wee on theory and practice of focal point in Britain, first, in the interwar period and second, in the post-war period of 1945 to the of late 1960s. Lyndall Urwick, a respected British care thinker and writer described Fayol as the most elevated figure which Europe contributed to the counsel movement up to the end of the first half of the present blow(Smith I, Boyns T, 2005) in Urwicks publishes and translated speeches.Urwick supported Fayols general principles of worry ensuring an influence on post-war British management theories known as the neoclassical school during the 1950s. Fayols principles took place among theories within scientific management slew which offered an intelligent inputs coupled to a genuine belief in industrial efficiency. Further research into British management practice du ring 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 however not management practice. Since 1970, the focus of management thinking had turned away 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 complete his work had significantly contributed to the study in management today, and Fayols ideas continued to be more influential in the realm of theory than practice in Britain.