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Assignment:
Henry Gantt was born into a family of prosperous farmers in Maryland in 1861. His early years, however, were marked by some deprivation as the Civil War brought about changes to the family fortunes. He graduated from Johns Hopkins College in 1880 and was a teacher before becoming a draughtsman in 1884 and qualifying as a mechanical engineer. From 1887 to 1893 he worked at the Midvale Steel Company in Philadelphia, where he became Assistant to the Chief Engineer (Fredrick W. Taylor) and then Superintendent of the Casting Department.
Gantt and Taylor worked well in their early years together and Gantt followed Taylor to Simonds Rolling Company and on to Bethlehem Steel. From 1900 Gantt became well known in his own right as a successful consultant as he developed interests in broader, even conflicting, aspects of management. In 1917 he accepted a government commission to contribute to the war effort in the Frankford Arsenal and for the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
1. In accordance with other contributions made by management, examine the empirical studies conducted by Henry L. Gantt (1861-1919) regarding management's ability to motivate employees.
2. In accordance with management's school of thought, what role does evolution theory play in management?
3. Research the old management theory and come up with the main management-related discussions.
4. What is the purpose and meaning of scientific management?
5. Where did Scientific Management and Frederick W. Taylor have a significant impact on the classification of the job sequence?
6. I need a description of how Henry L. Gantt's theory affected management goals and dynamics.
7. Identify the scientific management theory's general or specific limitations (more than three points);
8. Discuss in detail the motivations of Henry Fayol (1841-1955) and the Classical Organization Theory;
9. Provide a history of the Webers Bureaucracy and the subsequent empirical study of management operations;
10. Analyze, or in other words, introduce and name the pioneers of the BEHAVIOURAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT THEORY.