Stablity And Tenure of Personnel

Zarna Meisheri

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Shravan Kumar

Balvinder

Rupesh

Henri Fayol’s Principles Of Management

Fayol’s Administrative Theory

Henri Fayol (1841-1925)General and Industrial ManagementPrinciples and Elements of Management - how managers should accomplish their managerial dutiesPRIMARY FOCUS: Management(Functions of Administration)More Respect for Worker than Taylor

Workers are motivated by more than moneyEquity in worker treatment

More PRESCRIPTIVEhttp://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/fayol.html

Principle: STABILITY TO TENURE 

Stability of Tenure of Personnel

Employees work better if job security and career progress are assured to them. An insecure tenure and a high rate of employee turnover will affect the organization adversely. Long-term employees lead to better producing companies

'STABILITY' means no frequent change, termination and transfer etc. It means that, in an organization whenever an employee is appointed for a job, he/she shouldn't be removed from that position frequently. The management of the organization should ensure that there must be stability in the job and frequent changes and shuffling of position should be avoided.

When one feels secure at his job, he/she contributes maximum of his capability towards the organizational

objectives. Stability also helps the employee to know each and every aspect of the job with the passage of time which

consequently helps in performing the job with greater efficiency and minimum wastage. It creates a sense of belonging-ness towards the job and the organization.

ObjectivesAn organization following the principle of stability achieves its objectives effectively and efficiently with the maximum contribution from their employees. The employees of such organization always feel satisfied and thus are the productive factor for the organization. But if this principle is violated i.e. if the employees are frequently transferred from one position to another or employee turnover, they will feel dissatisfied and will not perform with their full potential leading to non-achievement of the organizational objectives or under utilization of resources as well as wastage.

The Tenure Problem: How can we make major gifts productive if gift officers keep leaving

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Advantages of this principle: Develops sense of belonging-ness towards the organization. Improves the efficiency level of employees. Minimizes the wastage of resources. Employee’s satisfaction. Better accountability. Saves time.

Disadvantages of this principle: Non-achievement of the organizational objectives Lack of employee’s participation. Wastage of resources and time.

Dissatisfaction Adds to cost.

Example

Recently Microsoft’s Announces Job cuts of 15000 Employees Which is Total 15% of their Employee Strength.

Example

Due to Recent Clashes Between Microsoft And Nokia ,Nokia Removed 5000 Workers From ItsChennai ManufacturingPlant.

Common criticisms of Henri Fayol

Management is not always universal: Fayol was criticized because he only had experience in a coal mine. Many have said just because you can manage a coal mine does not necessarily mean you can manage a hospital.

His writing is lessons learned in his career: Everything that Fayol wrote about was something from his career as the managing director of a mining company. The criticism is that his background was not all that diverse.

ConclusionIn contrast to The Principles of Scientific Management, introduced in 1911 by Frederick Winslow Taylor, one of the prominent classical theorists in the concurrent period, which emphasized on the technology employed by individual workers in order to improve production efficiency; Fayol underlined all of the elements necessary to organize and manage a major corporation as a whole.

References:•Henri Fayol, General and Industrial Management, 1949 (Original work published in 1916 with the title: “Administration Industrielle et Générale”)•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fayol