Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2018

For almost 100 years, management has been associated with the five basic functions outlined by management theorist Henri Fayol: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. What will be needed from managers is to think differently about the future in order to shape the impact AI will have on their industry.

Fayol 15

Fayol Management Hamel Learning-by-Doing 15

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 25, 2011

I receive countless requests for summer reading suggestions and when I offer them, the frequent response is, “Haven’t heard of them. Are they bestsellers? I’m only interested in the best ever.” Well OK, but a majority of the bestsellers (whatever the year) are neither the best ever nor even the best that year. Like sparklers, [.].

Management 85

Management Fayol Scientific Management Mayo 85

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Early in the twentieth century Henri Fayol identified the job of managers as to plan, organize, command, coordinate, and control. In the face of relentless technological change, disruptive forces in industry after industry, global competition, and so on, planning seems like pointless wishful thinking. The Fayol legacy lingers.

Agility 15

Agility Planning Fayol Strategic Planning 15