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An early pioneer in the development of techniques of management was Henri Fayol, a French mining engineer who took over a group of mines facing bankruptcy and guided it to success. Fayol analysed the essentials of successful management as: forecasting, planning, organizing, command, co-ordination and control.

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Sinclair, J. (1969). Planning and Development. In: Quarrying Opencast and Alluvial Mining. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7611-8_3

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