HENRY LAURENCE
GANTT
Henry Laurence Gantt
 Life’s duration = (1861- 23, Nov. 1919)
 Birth place
= Calvert County, Maryland
Citizenship
= United State
 Field
= Scientific Management
 Known for
= Gantt Chart
 Position held = Mechanical Engineer &
Management consultant

He joined Frederick W. Taylor in applying scientific
management principles for 1887 – 1893.
His famous invention - gantt charts
 To measure the foremen or supervisors output
 An important management tool today.
 It provides graphic shedule for the planning.
 Controlling of work.
 Recording progress towards stages of a project.
 The chart has a modern variation, Program Evaluation and
Review Technique (PERT).
 use of Gantt charts in major infrastructure projects such as
Hoover Dam & Interstate Highway System.
Gantt Charts
1.the "man’s record",
2. the "daily balance of work
3. "production cards
Another example of gantt chart
Example of Steelmaker NUCOR GROUP
 More recently, F. Kenneth Iverson, CEO of the steelmaker
Nucor, has initiated a base wage system with bonuses tied to
productivity.
 The base hourly wage is about $8.
 Bonuses are paid on employees' ability to turn out
products in less than the standard time.
Henry Gantt’s
Achievements
 listed under Stevens
Institute of
Technology alumni.
 The American Society of
Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) awards.
Henry Gantt’s
publications
 1916, book "Work, Wages,
and Profits“.
 1919, book "Organizing for
Work“.
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