Fayol's classic Principles of organizing 
PRINCIPLE 
FAYOL'S COMMENTS 
1. Division of work 
: Individuals and managers work on the same part or task.
2. Authority and responsibility 
: Authority-right to give orders; power to exact obedience; goes with responsibility for reward and punishment. 
3. Discipline 
: obedience,
 application, 
energy, 
behavior. 
Agreement between firm and individual. 
4. Unity of command 
: Employee receives orders from one superior. 
5. Unity of direction 
: One head and one plan for activities with the same objective. 
6. Subordination of individual interest to general interest
: Objectives of the organization come before objectives of the individual. 
7. Remuneration of personnel 
: Pay should be fair to the organization and the individual
; discussed various forms. 
8. Centralization 
: Proportion of discretion held by the manager compared to that allowed to subordinates. 
9. Scalar chain 
: Line of authority from lowest to top. 
10. Order 
: A place for everyone and everyone in his or her place. 
 11. Equity
: Combination of kindness and justice
 equality of treatment. 
12. Stability of tenure of personnel
: Stability of managerial personnel; time to get used to work.
13. Initiative
: Power of thinking out and executing a plan. 
14. Esprit de corps
: Harmony and union among personnel is strength.