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iii. Workers should be given proper training and helped to grow instead of

leaving it to themselves to learn on their own.

 Henri Fayol (1841-1925) a French industrialist put forward the first theory

of general management which came to be known as the Administration

Theory. In 1916, Fayol enumerated fourteen principles of management.

 Fayol's fourteen principles represent the first attempt at a compete

theory of management and included the basic management functions of

planning, organising, staffing, leading and controlling.

 The Human Relations Approach asserted that the person at work was a

bigger and different entity than the performer of a task. The individual

brought to the work place his entire complex personality, including his

emotions and need for social relationships and these affected the work

which he performed.

 The Human Relations Movement (HRM), triggered off an entirely new

branch of study called Organisational Behaviour.