ContributionsBy Henry L. Gantt (1861 – 1919)

Gantt is one of the leading contributors to the scientific management theory.

He believed that the piece rate system develop by Taylor was not having the desire level of impact and focused his attention on techniques that would further motivate workers.

Gantt’s main contributions

•    Bonus

•    Gantt develop the idea of bonus-wage system.  Production goals were set for the workers and if the worker achieves the goal a bonus in addition to the day wage was provided.

•    Gantt Chart

Is a technique which show an a graph the scheduling of work to be done during any given period e.g. a chart might show which machines will be used or have been used for various tasks overtime. The chart is extensively used today in many manufacturing firms for production control and scheduling.