Question

The contributions of Henry Fayol and F.W. Taylor and Complementary to each other.” Do you agree? State your comments giving reason.

Answer 1

Fayol VS. Taylor Comparison

Henry Fayol	F.W. Taylor
1. Father of General Management	1. Father of Scientific Management
2. Focuses on top level management	2. Focuses on shop floor level of a factory
3. Unity of Command A worker received orders from one superior only	3. Functional foreman ship A worker received orders from eight specialists.
4. Applicable universally	4. Applicable to  specialised situations.
5. Formulated principle from personal experience	5. Formulated principle from Observations and Experimentation.
6. it focuses on improving over all administration	6. it focuses on increasing productivity