CSEET · Business Laws and Management · Introduction to Management
Consider the statements about Henri Fayol. Statement I: Fayol gave fourteen principles of management that are flexible and can be adapted to changing situations. Statement II: Fayol's principles were developed mainly from time and motion studies at the shop-floor level. Which is correct?
Only Statement I is correct. Fayol gave fourteen flexible principles that can be adapted to circumstances, drawn from his experience in top-level administration. Time and motion studies at the shop-floor level are associated with F. W. Taylor, so Statement II is incorrect.
- ABoth I and II are correct
- BOnly I is correctCorrect
- COnly II is correct
- DNeither I nor II is correct
Explanation
Fayol's fourteen principles are not rigid rules and can be adapted to circumstances. They arose from his experience of managing at the top level of an organisation, not from time and motion studies, which are Taylor's technique. Hence Statement II is wrong.
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