Fayol vs Taylor

Functional foremanship is based on specialist supervision. In exams, understand many foremen as specialization.

Fayol viewed management as a broad administrative process. In exams, connect general management with the whole organisation.

Scientific selection and training are part of Taylor's scientific management thinking. In exams, link selection and training with Taylor.

Fayol's approach is considered top-down, while Taylor's focus starts from the shop floor. Remember this direction difference in exams.

Stability of personnel is Fayol's principle that reduces unnecessary turnover. In exams, connect stability with workforce continuity.

Choosing a standard method is linked with Taylor's method study and scientific management. In exams, connect standard work method with Taylor.

Fayol wants responsibility to balance authority. In exams, treat authority without responsibility as poor management.

Taylor emphasized cooperation between management and workers. In exams, it can also be linked with mental revolution.

Unity of command means orders from one superior, while unity of direction means one plan for the same goal. Write them separately in exams.

Taylor's techniques were meant to improve efficiency and productivity. In exams, connect productivity clues with Taylor.

Subordination of individual interest to general interest is Fayol's principle. In exams, connect organisational interest with Fayol.

Motion study reduces unnecessary movements to improve efficiency. In exams, link physical movement clues with Taylor.

Both aimed at efficient management, but Fayol focused on broad administration and Taylor on work efficiency. In exams, write common aim and different focus.

Fayol's principles are guidelines applied according to situations. In exams, do not write them as rigid laws.

Taylor supported scientific methods instead of old guess-based methods. This is a core principle of scientific management in exams.

The direct answer is option A: “Taylor gave the scalar chain principle” is the incorrect assignment. Scalar chain is Fayol’s principle. It means a formal line of authority from the highest level to the lowest level, so communication normally follows the organisational hierarchy. Taylor, in contrast, is associated with scientific management and techniques for improving the actual work process. Option A is wrong because it assigns Fayol’s scalar chain to Taylor. Option B is a correct Taylor association: time study measures the time needed for a task and helps establish a standard time. Option C is also correct because Taylor developed scientific management. Option D is correct because functional foremanship is Taylor’s specialised supervision arrangement. The question asks where Fayol’s contribution has wrongly been given to Taylor, so option A is the only suitable choice. Memory cue: “scalar chain” sounds like a chain of authority in Fayol’s administrative theory.

Esprit de corps is Fayol's principle of team spirit. In exams, separate it from Taylor's production techniques.

Scientific selection and training are linked with Taylor's scientific management. In exams, connect selection-training with production efficiency.

Management of the whole organisation relates to Fayol, and factory work performance relates to Taylor. In exams, decide by clue words.

Under the exception principle managers focus only on important deviations. In exams link exceptional situations and control with Taylor.

Centralisation and decentralisation is Fayol's principle related to balance of authority. In exams keep it separate from Taylor's time or motion study.