Gantt
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Biography
Gantt was born in Calvert County, Maryland. He graduated from McDonogh School in 1878 and then went on to Johns Hopkins University.
He then worked as a teacher and draughtsman beforebecoming a mechanical engineer. In 1887, he joined Frederick W. Taylor in applying scientific management principles to their work at Midvale Steel and Bethlehem Steel—working there with Taylor until 1893.In his later career as a management consultant—following the invention of the Gantt chart—he also designed the 'task and bonus' system of wage payment and additional measurement methods workerefficiency and productivity.
Henry Gantt is listed under Stevens Institute of Technology alumni.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) awards an annual medal in honor of Henry LaurenceGantt.[2]
[edit] Work
Henry Gantt's legacy to production management is the following:
• The Gantt chart: Still accepted as an important management tool today, it provides a graphic schedule forthe planning and controlling of work, and recording progress towards stages of a project. The chart has a modern variation, Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT).
• IndustrialEfficiency: Industrial efficiency can only be produced by the application of scientific analysis to all aspects of the work in progress. The industrial management role is to improve the system by eliminatingchance and accidents.
• The Task And Bonus System: He linked the bonus paid to managers to how well they taught their employees to improve performance.
• The social responsibility of business:He believed that businesses have obligations to the welfare of society that they operate in.
[edit] Gantt charts
Main article: Gantt chart
Gantt created many different types of charts.[3] Hedesigned his charts so that foremen or other supervisors could quickly know whether production was on schedule, ahead of schedule, or behind schedule. Modern project management software includes this...
Gantt was born in Calvert County, Maryland. He graduated from McDonogh School in 1878 and then went on to Johns Hopkins University.
He then worked as a teacher and draughtsman beforebecoming a mechanical engineer. In 1887, he joined Frederick W. Taylor in applying scientific management principles to their work at Midvale Steel and Bethlehem Steel—working there with Taylor until 1893.In his later career as a management consultant—following the invention of the Gantt chart—he also designed the 'task and bonus' system of wage payment and additional measurement methods workerefficiency and productivity.
Henry Gantt is listed under Stevens Institute of Technology alumni.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) awards an annual medal in honor of Henry LaurenceGantt.[2]
[edit] Work
Henry Gantt's legacy to production management is the following:
• The Gantt chart: Still accepted as an important management tool today, it provides a graphic schedule forthe planning and controlling of work, and recording progress towards stages of a project. The chart has a modern variation, Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT).
• IndustrialEfficiency: Industrial efficiency can only be produced by the application of scientific analysis to all aspects of the work in progress. The industrial management role is to improve the system by eliminatingchance and accidents.
• The Task And Bonus System: He linked the bonus paid to managers to how well they taught their employees to improve performance.
• The social responsibility of business:He believed that businesses have obligations to the welfare of society that they operate in.
[edit] Gantt charts
Main article: Gantt chart
Gantt created many different types of charts.[3] Hedesigned his charts so that foremen or other supervisors could quickly know whether production was on schedule, ahead of schedule, or behind schedule. Modern project management software includes this...
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