Contribution of Henry
L. Gantt to Managerial
Thought
Shreya Thakur
BBA LLB [2022_27]
INTRODUCTION
• Henry Gantt is frequently seen as a disciple and proponent of the scientific school of
management.
• Gantt felt that industrial efficiency could be achieved only by applying scientific analysis to
every area of labor and that management gains resulted from reducing chance and accidents.
• Gantt made four distinct and significant contributions.
• 1. The task and bonus system
• 2. The perspective of the worker
• 3. Gantt's Bar Chart
• 4. The social responsibility of business
GANTT CHART
• Gantt's Bar Chart began as a simple but effective technique for tracking
workers' progress toward the task standard
• The bar chart illustrated how work was scheduled from start to finish.
• The jobs to be completed are enumerated on the vertical axis. At the
same time, the time intervals during which they are processed are
represented on the horizontal axis in a modified form of a bar chart
• each task is scheduled to start immediately when its prerequisites are
complete
• The purpose is to identify areas of actual production that need
improvement (not to predict future activities)
• The emphasis on systemic rather than algorithmic solutions to utilization
problems was a significant component of Gantt charts.
Benefits of gantt chart
• Once all tasks and activity bars have been added to the Gantt chart, we can get a birds-eye perspective
of the project's activities, including due dates, and the amount of time each will take.
• Assists in tracing milestones, and progress, which is essential for making sound judgments when you
need to fast-track or cancel your projects.
• Using a Gantt chart allows one to identify challenges and disputes, making plans more trustworthy.
• These charts are used for scheduling multiple overlapping tasks over the same time to manage a
project efficiently
• because Gantt charts are so simple to edit using software, agreed-upon adjustments may be
implemented promptly. This will prevent the typical problem of multiple teams having contradictory
ideas about what has to be done.
• A well-maintained Gantt chart can show you which workers or areas of your project are excelling – or
stagnating. This can assist management in making informed judgments about where to focus
additional attention and resources to keep things operating smoothly
TASK AND BONUS
SYSTEM
• Gantt's task and bonus salary system modified Taylor's differential piece-rate system,
• , the employee got a bonus in addition to his usual day rate if he performed the assignment for the day; he would still receive
the day rate even if the task was not finished
• underperforming people were not penalized and obtained their salary each day, no matter the work they'd finished that day.
• Through this mechanism, Gantt frequently noticed that manufacturing doubled compared to the days
• Gant's work and bonus plan is based on extensive time and motion analysis. A standard time is set for completing a particular
activity, and the worker's actual performance is compared to the expected time to measure his efficiency.
• If the worker completes the task in less than the expected time, he receives the standard time compensation plus a premium of
20% of the average time's wages. In other words, if a worker's performance exceeds 100%, he receives piece pay plus a 20%
incentive.
• . As a result, the strategy provides a steady gain in total earnings with each reduction in time. As a result, the strategy is also
known as the "Progressive Rate System.“
• The Gantt Task Bonus Plan fairly differentiates between efficient and inefficient employees so that even the poor performers are
not penalized
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF A
BUISINESS
As Gantt’s thinking evolved, he came to feel that management had duties to the
community and that the prosperous organization owed a duty to society's welfare.
He challenged the capitalist system, pushing for public service corporations to secure
community service.
He asserted that "the corporate system must recognize its social responsibilities and
commit itself largely to service, or the community would eventually want to take it over
to manage it in its interest."
Gantt placed a high value on leadership. He saw management as a function of
leadership.
Gantt's ideas were more equivalent to refinements than fundamental concepts. They
humanized and meaningful scientific management for Taylor devotees.
INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY
• Henry Gantt's legacy in production management included using scientific analysis in all areas of the
task in progress to increase industrial efficiency.
• The role of industrial control is to enhance the system by removing chance and accidents.
• He believed in creating a science to substitute each procedure.
• Like, determining the specific time and technique of each work based on the evidence that would
have been generated would help get the work done faster.
• . Employees must be chosen and trained to know precisely how to deal with the problems that arise
and form solutions specific to the job description.
• . Gantt charts are also a perfect example of industrial efficiency.
• Gantt applies scientific tools to develop a method that creates a proper way of carrying out assigned
duties.
• Gantt broadened the scope of scientific management to
include both managers' and operatives' work.
CONCLUSION • The Chart was not Gantt's sole legacy; he was also a
pioneer of the Human Relations School of
Management and an early advocate for corporate
social responsibility.
• . Gantt's problem-solving abilities led to initiatives to
solve technical issues in scientific management
• His approach to the firm’s duty towards society also
singles him out as one of the earliest spokesmen on the
social responsibility of business