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Member Profile
Janet Krenn
Communications Officer, Quicksilver Scientific
Lafayette, CO, USA
I'm primarily a science writer who has moved into business writing at a scientific enterprise. My expertise is marketing in paper and electronic formats.
Industry:
Science/Analysis
Size of Business:
11 - 50 employees
Years in Business:
2-10 years
Affiliations:
none listed
Business Interests:
marketing, design, business plans, startup
Member Since: 02/02/2008
Status: 
 Guides Written by Janet Krenn
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Getting the right professional for your business marketing jobs
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Print envelopes with a design that makes the best first impression, regardless of your budget
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Investment cash management strategies for short-term
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Get the right marketing temp for your project
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Using project management consulting companies to train your staff in project management
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Finding the chemical producer that will work for you
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Finding all the help you need to file your Alabama taxes
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Find all of the resources you need to file Washington DC taxes
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Use online resources to file your Arizona state and local taxes
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Setting up your business to make doing your Delaware taxes easy
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Instituting a quality assurance program in a small business
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Get the online resources to understand any state tax in the US
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Find everything you need to understand and file local Hawaii taxes
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Get all of the information and resources to file your Arkansas local tax
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Improve chemical design and production with chemical simulation software
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Decide if HP Compaq d220 Desktops are right for your business
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Decide if the HP POS rp5000 is the right POS System for your business
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Decide if HP Compaq dx2000 desktops fit your needs
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Find a wealth of supply chain articles online
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Decide if the HP Compaq dx6100 is right for your business
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Decide whether the AMD processor in HP Compaq dx5150 computers will suit your business
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Utilize a free magazine subscription to stay current with industry news
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Articles, reports, and other resources on Fayol's management theory
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Breaking down the lab accreditation process into manageable pieces
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Getting the resources you need to comply with environmental regulations on wastewater treatment
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Hello Donna, Thank you for your comment.
I can see how you would interpret Fayol's theories to fall under the command/control version of management. However, I don't believe his theories are so irrelevant.
Primarily because the meat of his theories (see the list at the beginning of the article) are so broad. Fayol's theories are just about as old as they come (he's considered the father of classical business management), and so his theories are very basic. With no one else to build on, he started at the very beginning, using simple umbrella terms to characterize the roles of management.
If you take the general implications of his theories, they really aren't that outdated. All companies, even small entrepreneurial ones in which roles overlap, rely on some devision of labor suggested by Fayol's theories.
The strength of Fayol's theories, to me, really comes in the roles he defines for management. I doubt that business will ever evolve beyond the need for executives to plan, organize, and appropriate (exchanged for "command") tasks for their personnel. Although it is true that modern businesses tend to have more fluidity, they still rely on management to orchestrate the process: from providing materials for business activities to delivering the products.
One book that tackles the idea of fluidity mixed with division of labor is actually a book about Quality Control. I highly recommend it.
What Is Total Quality Contol?: The Japanese way
by Kaoru Ishikawa
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