Organisation and Management on Ubisoft
UBISOFT REPORT
1. Introduction
1.1 The purpose of this report is to identify and show knowledge of Henri Fayols study on management. The study of management is about planning, organising, motivation and control. This report will discuss how technology can cause problems or assist managers in each of Henri Fayols study of management areas within Ubisoft. 1.2 Ubisoft was created in 1986 by five brothers Claude, Michel, Yves, Gérard and Christian Guillermots. Ubisoft is a publisher and distributor of educational software and video games and is the second largest force in video game creation worldwide. Ubisoft has distribution subsidiaries present in 21 countries and ensure the distribution of products in more than 50.
2. Study of Management
2.1 Henri Fayol
2.1.1 Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer and was a key figure in the turn of the century school of management theory. His book General and Industrial Management which was first published in 1916, is the foundation of the classical organisation theory. 2.1.2 Henri Fayol devised his ideas from his own practical experience. He decided that all business organisations are concerned with more or less the same type of activity and he claimed that his guidelines were universally applicable. He had a set of fourteen principles and his study of management is about planning, organising, motivation and control.
2.1.3 Even though Henri Fayols guidelines are very easy to understand and are the backbone of many organisational structures, his guidelines have been criticised. It doesn 't take into account the interaction of people and doesn 't look at what conflicts can occur. His guidelines have been described as an "Organisations without people" (Bennis 1959)
2.2 Planning
Planning is the most important management activity and must precede all other management activities. If management planning is not accurately done than all other activities will fail. The process of planning
1. Introduction
1.1 The purpose of this report is to identify and show knowledge of Henri Fayols study on management. The study of management is about planning, organising, motivation and control. This report will discuss how technology can cause problems or assist managers in each of Henri Fayols study of management areas within Ubisoft. 1.2 Ubisoft was created in 1986 by five brothers Claude, Michel, Yves, Gérard and Christian Guillermots. Ubisoft is a publisher and distributor of educational software and video games and is the second largest force in video game creation worldwide. Ubisoft has distribution subsidiaries present in 21 countries and ensure the distribution of products in more than 50.
2. Study of Management
2.1 Henri Fayol
2.1.1 Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer and was a key figure in the turn of the century school of management theory. His book General and Industrial Management which was first published in 1916, is the foundation of the classical organisation theory. 2.1.2 Henri Fayol devised his ideas from his own practical experience. He decided that all business organisations are concerned with more or less the same type of activity and he claimed that his guidelines were universally applicable. He had a set of fourteen principles and his study of management is about planning, organising, motivation and control.
2.1.3 Even though Henri Fayols guidelines are very easy to understand and are the backbone of many organisational structures, his guidelines have been criticised. It doesn 't take into account the interaction of people and doesn 't look at what conflicts can occur. His guidelines have been described as an "Organisations without people" (Bennis 1959)
2.2 Planning
Planning is the most important management activity and must precede all other management activities. If management planning is not accurately done than all other activities will fail. The process of planning