This brought a sea-change to the hitherto transverse shuttle designs, and revolutionised the production of textiles into a high-speed, mass-production industry that never looked back. 9. Action can take several forms and yield different results from the same idea depending on how action occurs. Henry Fayol provided us with principles of administration that laid the foundations of the theory and practice of organizational management.
Some of these principles, which were enunciated in his book, General and Industrial Management (published in French in 1916 and later in English in 1949), have helped several generations of business managers in effectively carrying out their functions by minimising misunderstandings, better coordinating actions, thereby resulting in increased efficiency in organizations. 10.