Are there principles of administration? Nobody doubts it. What do they consist of? That is what I propose to discuss today. The subjects of recruitment, organization and direction of personnel will form the subject of the second part of this study.

Comment: The principles of administration Fayol presented in this publication (p. 912-916) were | Unity of command | Hierarchical transmission of orders (chain-of-command) | Separation of powers - authority, subordination, responsibility and control | Centralization | Order | Discipline | Planning | Organization chart | Meetings and reports | Accounting | Comment: Wren, Boyd and Bedeian (2002) commented with the words: "This previously untranslated and unpublished 1908 presentation from Henri Fayol’s personal papers indicates the progress he had made in developing his theory of administration."