The contribution of administrative management theoretician in developing the classical school of organization

The author tries to present and analyze the influence of theoreticians of administrative management on developing the classical school in the narrow sense, i.e. Taylorism. In the first part, the author considers the thoughts of Fayol, the most eminent theoretician of administrative management concerning the enterprise organizational structure and the principles of successful management. It is followed by the review of H. Gant´s first ideas of labor relation humanization, then the teachings of Urwick and J.D. Mooney on rational coordination and job distribution. At the end, the author considers the importance of large organization departmentalization. In conclusion, he gives the concise comparison of differences and similarities in conceptions of representatives of the scientific organization (Teylorists) and theoreticians of administrative management.