applying polc

In this Discussion, you will Review review Henri Fayol’s revised management theory (POLC) and apply it to the management where you work.

 

Read about the POLC model based on Henri Fayol’s theories in the PDF file here and then respond to the following:

 

Henri Fayol originally pioneered management theory at the turn of the last century. He identified 5

 

functions of Management: Planning, Organizing, Commanding, Coordinating, and Controlling which

 

Bateman and Snell in their text Management: Leading & Collaborating in the Competitive World,

 

revised to 4 functions: Planning, Organizing Leading and Controlling (Bates & Snell, 2009).

 

Fayol was an engineer in France and along with delineating these management functions, he also

 

developed 14 principles of management. Bisoux (2004) states that Fayol thought these principles

 

should be applied with flexibility (as cited in Bates & Snell 2009, p.44):

 

As we will use these functions as originally developed by Fayol and revised by Bates and Snell, we

 

will look at what we term with the acronym: The POLC Model:

 

 

 

Planning:

 

 

Determine goals: Make sure all stakeholders are considered and make the process dynamicproviding

 

strategic value considering the external environment

 

Organizing: This involves coordinating all the resources (Human Resources as well as corporate

 

 

structure and chain of command), internal and external, to achieve the organizations’ goals.

 

Leading: Motivating others on a daily basis to achieve their goals and company goals as well as

 

 

motivating them towards strategic vision of the future of the company.

 

Controlling: This function allows for management of resources and monitoring by means of policies

 

 

and procedures as well as quality control, financial management, and audits.

 

Reference

 

Bateman, T. S. & Snell, S. A. (2009). Management: Leading & collaborating in a competitive world

 

 

(8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill Irwin.