15 Facts About Henry Gantt

Henry Laurence Gantt was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for his work in the development of scientific management.

Henry Gantt is recognized as an early proponent of the social responsibility of businesses.

Henry Gantt was born to a prosperous plantation family in Calvert County, Maryland at the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Henry Gantt graduated from McDonogh School in 1878 and from Johns Hopkins University in 1880, and then returned to the McDonogh School to teach for three years.

Henry Gantt subsequently received a Master of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.

Henry Gantt married Mary E Snow of Fitchburg, Massachusetts on 29 Nov 1899.

Henry Gantt credited Taylor with being the first to study every element of the labor problem and has been referred to as one of the most influential of Taylor's associates.

From 1902 to 1919 Henry Gantt worked as a private consultant to industry on efficiency improvement and was active in promoting scientific management, as Taylor's general approach came to be called.

In 1916, influenced by Thorsten Veblen Henry Gantt set up the New Machine, an association which sought to apply the criteria of industrial efficiency to the political process.

Henry Gantt is listed under Stevens Institute of Technology alumni.

Henry Gantt designed his charts so that foremen or other supervisors could quickly know whether production was on schedule, ahead of schedule, or behind schedule.

Henry Gantt gives an example with orders that will require many days to complete.

Henry Gantt proposes giving to the foreman each day an "order of work" that is an ordered list of jobs to be done that day.

Henry Gantt argued that there needed to be a fair distribution of returns from industry to all segments of the community or society might seek to take control of the means of production.

Henry Gantt favored small versus large businesses to promote competition, lower prices and provide better quality and service to customers.