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Systems Theory
Rather than deleting and completely removing the information previously posted on the systems theory I have decided to move the original content from the article to the talk page for further review. The systems theory and Fayol's administrative theory have no connection and therefore I do not see its relevance to the Fayolism article.

Below is the Systems Theory content cut and pasted from the Fayolism article: Fayol illustrated all of these ideas in his theories on general management. First, he believed in the division of labor among organizations(subsystems) by relating them to living organisms. He states that, "...it is observable in the animal world where the more highly developed the creature the more highly differentiated it's organs." He continues to describe the same scenario replicating that of an individual within a group and of a group within an organization. This is described in his 14 principles as the principle of Order (see the 14 principles) System Theory relies heavily on interdependence which Fayol also suggests is a vital part of management as he states, "''"Man... plays a role like that of a cell in the animal... As the development of the organism is effected the grouping together of elemental units the organs appear, they are differentiated and perfected in proportion as the number of combined elements increase. In the social organism, as in the animal, a small number of functional elements accounts for an infinite variety of activities.

Contingency Leadership Theory which was produced around the same time as Systems Theory, roughly states that no one leadership or management style is ideal and that the best leadership is that which reflects the internal and external environment of the organization. This is perhaps the most important concept that Fayol based his ideas around as well as the area where he and Taylor differ the most.

"Seldom do we have to apply the same principle twice in identical conditions;allowance must be made for different changing circumstances... Therefore principles...[must be]... flexible and capable of adaptation to every need; it is a matter of knowing how to make use of them which is a difficult art requiring intelligence, experience, decision, and proportion.

- excerpt from General and Industrial Management NCA31 (talk) 04:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Wren and Bluedorn
The following content was copy and pasted from someone's blog-does not come a credible source so I removed it from the article and put it here on the talk page.

Wren and Bluedorn
Daniel A. Wren wrote on a study Bluedorn critical review of the study. The study had said that traditional management occupies only a small portion of managerial activities and this review by Bluedorn shows that Fayol was a real manager and his Administrative theory should still be studied today. Real Managers did not "explode the myths" of traditional management but rather confirmed, classical BY Fayol. The problem resides in the assumption made that Fayol limited managerial activities to planning, decision making, and controlling. There is a misunderstanding of Fayol and classical theory in the development of management thought. Bluedorn introduced a review of the work of Fayol and other theorists of his day. Bluedorn said that "most of the content that was examined is surprisingly valid. Before his review managers and others criticize Fayol and others work because they forget, ignoring, misunderstand, and re-label their ideas. This makes it more difficult to develop a body of knowledge that can be translated into action-practice in skill development. This research shows that managers need to actually be trained using Fayol’s administrative theory and other theorists theory's because they are still relevant today.