Management is a universal concept. Discuss?

Answer 1

According to this concept, "Management is universal". Management is universal in the sense that it is applicable anywhere whether social, religious or business and industrial. The followers of this concept are Henry Fayol, Lawrence A. Appley, F.W. Taylor, Theo Haimann etc. According to-

I. Henry Fayol, "Management is an universal activity which is equally applicable in all types of organization whether social, religious or business and industrial".

II. Megginson, "Management is management, whether it is in Lisbon, or in London or in Los Angeles."

III.Theo Haimann, "Management principles are universal. It may be applied to any kind of enterprises, where the human efforts are coordinated."

Answer 2

Universality of management refers to the transferability of its principle, techniques, functions and skills from one time, place or job to another. All these management practices are equally practicable and applicable everywhere in the world irrespective of the nature of the job, differences in customs, habits and social laws. Managerial functions and techniques can be practiced in every organized effort. Whether it is a business, shop, industry, government office, educational, social, profitable or non-profitable organization, management principles, functions and techniques are profitably and productively applied. A successful manager of a company or a field can be equally successful in the other. That is why a manger of a company can be safely transferred from one department, company or area to another. In Pakistan it is a routine practice of transferring bureaucrats from one department, institution to another with quite different work.

Universality of management can be judged from the fact that an army general can efficiently hold a position of a company or a country, although the nature of technical work is quite different in both places ; but the principles of performing the jobs are same

According to Fayol and Urwick, management has some principles, like unity of command or division of work which can be ignored nowhere. Universality never means that one particular job should be performed by every manager. But it means that all jobs have principles in common that must be followed by every type of manager.