Question

Discuss the differences between the contributions of Taylor and Fayol.

Answer 1

The differences between the contributions of Taylor and Fayol are:

PRINCIPLE	TAYLOR	FAYOL
TITLE	Father of scientific management	Father of general management.
CONTRIBUTION	scientific management or taylorism was given by him 1911.	The general theory of administration or Fayolism was given by him in 1916.
PERSPECTIVE	Focused on lower level management	Focused on top level managment.
FOCUS	Focused on improving the overall administration of the organization.	Focused on improving the productivity and worker's efficiency.
UNITY OF COMMAND	Focused on functional foremanship and not unity of command	Followed the concept of unit of command.
BASIS OF FORMATION	observational experimentation	personal observation.
PRINCIPLES	He introduced the principles of scientific management.	He intoduced the 14 principles of management.