Journal Entry One:

According to Harvinder Singh (2013), it has been almost 100 years since Henry Fayol
published a book called Industrial and General Administration. In which he explained
the 14 principles of administration. A few of his principles are Division of Work, Authority
and Responsibility, and Scalar Chain (line of authority).

Division of Work or labor is when you need specialized teams, good communication,
and team managers who will have full authority and responsibility to manage their
teams.
Another principle which connects to Division of Work is Authority and Responsibility.
Authority means the managers have to be responsible for getting their workers to do
what needs to be done, while responsibility is when the workers have to be held
accountable to their managers. This means, that if you have authority but no
responsibility then you have irresponsible behavior.
There is a level of authority over each other. First is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of a certain corporation who is governed by the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors gives the CEO instructions. The CEO gives instructions to team managers
who then give instructions to specialized teams. They will tell their teams what the
performance expectations are.

Another principle is Scalar Chain of communication. Their characteristics are the lower
level needs to communicate with the middle level who will communicate with the upper
level. This means there must be clear communication between each level.

As the principles have been with us for a century, they have worked effectively. After he
died, his theories became known as; Fayolism after his name.



















Journal Entry Two:

Having read all of Fayols 14 principles, everyone has specific work to do on a team,
making it efficient. I think authority is important so people function well and they have
the right to give orders and expect obedience. Responsibility means being held
accountable to do what you ought to be doing. Accountable should also be Living up to
the expectations, states Bruce Lee

You should be honest and loyal towards your company. I like it best having only one
boss to give employees instructions, to avoid confusion.

I respect how Fayols administrative principles always have a mission statement, they
will always have the same goal. Just like Harvinder Singh, The general interest of the
organization is more important than the individual interest of the employees. This is
because everyone will benefit from it, as oppose to only one. I think this is very true
because in a company if you dont respect the opinion of everyone else and if no one
agrees of the decisions the company makes, then the company will fail.

In this principle, I accept that if youre doing a good job you will get paid well. If you
slack off. You wont get the reward you have hoped.

Overall, teamwork is important as well as communicating between teams and
managent.