The administrative management approach is concerned with the principles and processes through which organisations can be structured and managed efficiently. It developed as a major component of the classical approach to public administration and focused on the functions of managers, division of work, coordination, authority, discipline and organisational efficiency. The major contributors to this approach were Henri Fayol, Luther Gulick, Lyndall Urwick and Mary Parker Follett, among others. Henri Fayol is regarded as one of the most important contributors to administrative management. He developed a general theory of administration based on his practical experience in industry. Fayol identified five major functions of management: planning, organising, commanding, coordinating and controlling. He also proposed fourteen principles of management, including division of