Henry Laurence Gantt

Books and Awards

BOOKS

Work, Wages, and Profits

-1916
- discusses scheduling in a job shop environment

Organizing for Work

-1919
- Talks about the principle about his charts:
1. Measure activities by the amount of time needed to complete them;
2. The space on the chart can be used to represent the amount of activity that should have
been done in that time.

PUBLICATIONS

Henry L. Gantt, Dabney Herndon Maury (1883) The Efficiency of Fluid in Vapor Engines. D. Van
Nostrand.
Henry L. Gantt (1908) Training Workmen in Habits of Industry and Cooperation. 12 pages.
Henry L. Gantt (1910) The Compensation of Workmen: A Lecture Delivered Before the Harvard
Graduate School of Business Administration, December 15, 1910. 116 pages.
Cost of Living, New York, New York, USA: Engineering Magazine Company, LCCN 10014590.
Henry L. Gantt (1916), Industrial leadership, New Haven: Yale University Press.
Henry L. Gantt (1919), Organizing for Work, New York, New York, USA: Harcourt, Brace, and
Howe, LCCN 19014919.
Henry L. Gantt (1903) A graphical daily balance in manufacture.

AWARDS

HENRY LAURENCE GANTT MEDAL

- Established in 1929
- Elevated to a Society Award in 1999
- Distinguished achievement in management.
- Form of award includes $1000, a bronze medal, and a certificate.
- Recognizes contribution to society in general and management by personal participation
particularly through:
Speeches
Writings and teachings
Civic responsibility