Principles of Management

This principle suggests that work should be assigned to a person for which he is best suited. Work should be divided into compact jobs to be assigned to individuals

• Authority and responsibility

• Division of Work

• Discipline

• Unity of Command

Responsibility means rights give to manage people and things, and authority means work assigned to any person

• Agree

• Disagree

A subordinate should work under the supervision of one superior only from whom he gets instructions and to whom he is accountable

• Unity of Command

• Unity of Direction

Each group of activities having the same objective must have one head and one plan of action

• Unity of Command

• Unity of Direction

• Scalar Chain

This is the chain of authority relationship from the highest to the lowest ranks.

• Scalar Chain

• Decentralisation

• Unity of Command

While taking any decision, the collective good and collective interest of the organisation as a whole should be preferred to individual interests.

• True

• False

This principle requires the managers to be kind and just to workers

• Order

• Equity

There should not be frequent termination of employees

• Initiative

• Stability of tenure

• Espirit De Corps