Henri Fayol made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Henri Fayol as French mining engineer and executive, developer a general theory of business administration Fayolism (1841-1925).
Henri Fayol was born at Istanbul in 1841. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne and lycée du Parc.
The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.
He worked as economist, entrepreneur and mining engineer.
His affiliations include Société de Commentry, Fourchambault et Decazeville and Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
Recognition followed: Officer of the Legion of Honour (1913) and Knight of the Legion of Honour (1888).
Working from France shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Henri Fayol died in 1925, aged 84. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 1913
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 1888
- Affiliated with Société de Commentry, Fourchambault et Decazeville and Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers
- Educated at École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne and lycée du Parc
- Worked as economist, entrepreneur and mining engineer
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