Henry Gantt Quotes

• Whatever we do must be in accord with human nature. We cannot drive people; we must direct their development. The general policy of the past has been to drive; but the era of force must give way to the era of knowledge, and the policy of the future will be to teach and lead, to the advantage of all concerned.

  Henry Gantt

  Team, Future, Knowledge

  "Work, Wages, and Profits: Their Influence on the Cost of Living". P. 116. Book by Henry Gantt, 1910.

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• The increase of this efficiency is essentially the problem of the manager, and the amount to which it can be increased by proper study is, in most cases, so great as to be almost incredible.

  Henry Gantt

  Study, Problem, Incredibles

  Henry Laurence Gantt (1911). “Work, Wages, and Profits: Their Influence on the Cost of Living”

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• The greatest problem before engineers and managers today is the economical utilization of labor . The limiting of output by the workman, and the limiting by the employer of the amount a workman is allowed to earn, are both factors which militate against that harmonious co-operation of employer and employee which is essential to their highest common good.

  Henry Gantt

  Essentials, Today, Common

  Henry Laurence Gantt (1961). “Gantt on Management: Guidelines for Today's Executive”

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