TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture The evolution of management thought (6th edition) - Chapter 8: Spreading the gospel of efficiency

Scientific Management reached maturity in the 1920s. The movement was assisted by Taylor’s disciples Carl Barth, Henry Gantt, and Morris Cooke. Other notable contributors to the evolution of Scientific Management were Frank and Lillian Gilbreth and Harrington Emerson. | THE EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT, 6TH EDITION Electronic Resource by: Regina Greenwood and Julia Teahen Spreading the Gospel of Efficiency CHAPTER EIGHT Others Involved in the Scientific Management Movement Carl Georg Lange Barth Henry L. Gantt Frank Gilbreth Lillian Gilbreth Harrington Emerson Morris Cooke Carl Georg Lange Barth (1860-1939): The Most Orthodox Carl Barth was a mathematician who helped Taylor with some metal-cutting experiments. He was probably a major influence in the writing of the “official” biography of Taylor. Assisted in installing scientific management in various companies. Carl Georg Lange Barth One company was the Franklin Motor Car Company which was noteworthy because it preceded Henry Ford’s moving assembly line. Note: Scientific Management lost its importance to the auto industry once the assembly line was implemented. Work was placed on a belt and individuals were no longer able to influence their output and therefore their reward. Carl Georg Lange Barth Barth created a “slide rule” for every machine for scientific measurement. Personal note: Barth would not let his son date because it would detract from his scientific work. His son married after Barth’s death. Henry L. Gantt (1861-1919) The Most Unorthodox Gantt’s early work paralleled Taylor’s in his belief about worker selection, incentives to reward performance, mutuality of interests, etc. Taylor and Gantt admired each other’s work. Gantt was a prolific writer – over 150 titles. Henry L. Gantt Henry L. Gantt: Task and Bonus System Implemented task work with a bonus to stimulate performance. When he discovered that this provided little incentive beyond meeting the standard, he modified the payment plan. He influenced Taylor because Taylor believed Gantt’s plan was better. Rewarded supervisors when their employees came up to standard (rewarded development of employees). (Based on E. P. Earle’s work) Emphasized importance of morale, training, and .

• Quản trị kinh doanh
• Management thought
• Evolution of management thought
• Ideas in management
• Management theory
• Scientific management movement
• Business ethics
• Management opportunities
• Renaissance of general management
• Management education
• Management pioneers
• Modern management
• Scientific management
• Advent of scientific management
• Industrial management
• Scientific management in retrospect
• Systems in management
• Production management
• Management before industrialization
• Ethical considerations
• Emergence of management
• Organization theory
• Industrial growth
• Systematic management
• Industrial revolution
• The industrial revolution