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Research Project : Fayol v. Fayol

To do list (subpages):

• Question(s) of Research

• Methodology followed (order of actions undertook for this research)

• Theories studied
  (to precise asap which theory of the following authors)
  • Creative Agreement

Habermas

Rawls

Ricoeur

Chaudhuri

• • Creative Disagreement

Translation Theories

Foucault

• • Unchecked yet (to do sometimes soon)

Eco

• Words and/or meanings changing in Fayol's translation

• Institutions
  Must check which are relevant, and continue researches
  • Same each side
    • A Constitution (but not in UK)
    • A democracy
    • Industrial Revolution
    • Boy-Scouts (appeared contemporary to Taylor/Fayol's time writing)
  • Different
    • Immigration rate (structure of the population)
    • Legal system
    • Access to education
    • The (words of the) Language
      Some examples:
      • Liberté / Liberty+Freedom
      • Pouvoir+Puissance / Power
      • Savoir+Connaissance / Knowledge
    • Origin of traditional Capitalists (WASP / Noblesse bourgeoise)
    • Development of Socialist ideas
    • in France only:
      • 1848 Revolution, Commune, Fourmies
      • Catholicism influence
      • Social integration of Army officiers (law of 1907), and the Role of the army in the socialization (conscription) until Algerian civil war
    • in USA only:
      • Segregation law
      • Anti-trust law (because Rockfeller)
      • Financial weigth of some tycoons (Goodwin offering to Philippinos what USA was giving to Spain)
    • Variety of languages spoken
      • in USA: Haymarket posters were printed bilingual English-German
      • in France: Fayol was probably speaking (or at least well understanding) the Nord-Auvergnat
• ...

• 2ndary education curriculum
  (Need to select which were applicable in 1850-1950)
  • Differences

Theory of the sets / Statistics

Philosophy / Social science (incl. Political Science & Religion)

Reasonning (logic, deduction) / Research

Obedience / Personnality

...

• • Similarities

National history

National litterature

Foreign language(s) (common since when?)

Latin & Greek (optional)

...

• National myths/beliefs/usages
  (to sort this list by order of precedence at some point)
  • En-US: "People are hawkish and/or greedy by nature but can be good if they'd receive a good education"
  • Fr: "People are naturally good but can be perverted by a bad influence of the society"
  • Manifest Destiny
  • Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
  • American Dream
  • Nos ancêtres les Gaulois
  • US: to make public donations to thank/support the society (called "charité publique" in France)
  • Fr: to guarantee to everybody the same rights and chances (causing the nationalisation of pension scheme?)
  • Fr: Importance of heirloom ("Capitalisme d'héritiers")
  • US: Reluctance to taxes-payment and distrust of goverment
  • Relationship to authority (legitimity to give orders) and individual powers
  • ...

• Different mindset for theories (solidarity versus power)
  • Lamarck / Darwin
  • Rousseau / Locke
  • Durkheim / Spencer
  •  ? / Stuart-Mill

...?

• Inherited Systems of values
  • Fr: Prévoir (from praedicare malorum => need for security)
  • US: Individualism (from avoidance of control)

• A FAQ page?